Mariel was April - October, 1980, so it was during the Carter admin. Not like they could do much about Castro emptying his prisons and giving them boats, tho.
Feet wet-feet dry also had genesis in Pres Proc 4685 and EO 12324, both signed in September, 1981 by Reagan.
89 posted on 01/22/2005 8:17:58 PM PST by Ready4Freddy
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