A Marielito and the 1980 Cuban Boat Lift

"It's not perfect, but I love this country," said William Villalobos. He's a "Marielito," one of 125,000 Cubans who migrated to the United States in 1980, when the island's dictator, Fidel Castro, suddenly announced any Cubans who wanted to migrate to the US could do so from the port of Mariel.

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