Florida and the boat lift of 1980. The first 20 days, discuss how the state of florida handled the arrival of over 30,000 cuban refugees in key west in less than a month. The authors discussed the socalled mary aletos the first wave of over 120,000 cuban immigrants in 1980 and the impact theyd had on the political and social culture in florida. This session from the bob graeme center of Public Service from the university of florida is about an hour. Welcome to the bob graham center. Thanks for being here this evening. Youve got a very Interesting Program for you on mare yall and we have three great fine scholars and speakers here this evening with us. I want to thank our partners for the collaboration with us on this event tonight. Im the director of the bob graham center. And our speakers this evening are kathleen. Their book is entitled florida and the poet lift of 1980. And they will discuss the political, legal, and administrative response to the crisis and recount how local and st