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Mariel Boatlift: The Anti-Immigrant Playbook (Part 1) artwork
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Mariel Boatlift: The Anti-Immigrant Playbook (Part 1)

This Day in Esoteric Political History by Jody Avirgan & Radiotopia

Jun 4, 202632:05Society & Culture

We continue our look at the 1980 Cuban migrant crisis by discussing how it became a political nightmare for Jimmy Carter -- not to mention a young Bill Clinton -- and how it set the template for anti-immigrant rhetoric i...

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Mariel Boatlift: The Anti-Immigrant Playbook (Part 1) is an episode from This Day in Esoteric Political History by Jody Avirgan & Radiotopia. We continue our look at the 1980 Cuban migrant crisis by discussing how it became a political nigh...

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Published Jun 4, 2026, 32:05 long, audio available.