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Who were the Marielitos?
  1. Cubans who immigrated to the US in 1980
  2. Puerto Ricans who moved to New York in the 1970s
  3. US citizens who were children of Hispanic workers
  4. Illegal immigrant workers who worked in the US for part of the year
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Answer: A - Marielitos were Cubans who immigrated to the US in 1980. The Mariel boatlift brought Cubans from Mariel Harbor between April and October 1980. The boatlift began and ended by mutual agreement of the two countries and resulted in 125,000 Cubans immigrating to the US.
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