By claiming migrants were coming from institutions, Trump made a veiled reference to one of the most intense immigration crises of the 1980s: the Mariel boatlift. And he’s not alone. Narratives ...

Last fall I blogged about a new study by George Borjas that reassesses the wage impact of the “Mariel boatlift.” The boatlift has a special place in the minds of labor economists. After Fidel ...

Almost 40 years after the Mariel Boatlift, top academics don't agree on how this influx of close to 250,000 Cuban immigrants affected Miami's work force. WSJ's Tanya Rivero and Ben Leubsdorf break ...