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The Mariel Boat Lift and the Forgotten Cuban Detainees in Alabama
TLDR The latest season of White Lies explores the story of the Mariel Boat Lift in 1980 and the fate of Cuban migrants who were detained in a prison in Talladega, Alabama. The podcast uncovers a larger story about immigration, ideals, and the history of the United States.
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The focus of the latest season of White Lies, an investigative series from NPR, is the story of the mass migration of Cubans in 1980 known as the Mariel Boat Lift and what happened to some of those migrants once they arrived in the U.S.
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The story is about the mass migration of Cubans in 1980 known as the Mariel Boat Lift and what happened to some of those migrants once they arrived in the U.S., particularly a group of Cuban men who were indefinitely detained in a prison in Talladega, Alabama.
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In 1991, a group of Cuban migrants who were deemed ineligible for legal admission to the US were detained in a prison in Talladega, Alabama, where they were awaiting deportation back to Cuba.
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Cuban detainees in a prison in Talladega, Alabama took over the facility and held 10 hostages, including guards and immigration employees.
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During the Cuban detainees' takeover of the prison, the hostages were treated respectfully and taken care of by the detainees, who even stood guard to protect them.
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As the hostage situation at Calhoun prison continues, the detainees demand media attention and the negotiator becomes increasingly concerned about their intentions, while the hostages fear for their lives and contemplate the possibility of not making it out alive.
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The hostages communicate their fears of violence to the FBI, prompting them to finally move in and end the hostage situation at the Talladega Prison in Alabama, resulting in the detainees being apprehended and the hostages being freed.
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The men who seized the prison and took to the roof in 1991 were forgotten and disappeared, and in trying to track down what happened to them, a bigger story about the ideals, history, and laws of the United States was uncovered.
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The history and theater of immigration in the United States have often been at odds with each other, but there have been moments when they align, such as when President Johnson celebrated the most expansive immigration act in the nation's history at the Statue of Liberty.
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The question of what this country is and what it is not, and the values, justice, fairness, and rights it represents, is at the heart of the podcast "White Lies."
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