During this decade, the US Supreme Court decided Plyler v. Doe, which allowed public schools to educate undocumented students without reprisal. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this decade when some undocumented immigrants were granted amnesty. Efraín Ríos Montt’s reign in Guatemala drove migration to the US during this decade, which also started with mass immigration of “Marielitos.”
ANSWER: 1980s [prompt on 80s]
[10m] Marielitos immigrated to the US via the town of Mariel in this country. The US’s Operation Mongoose tried to overthrow the government of this country, which was the subject of the Platt Amendment before its independence.
ANSWER: Cuba [or Republic of Cuba or República de Cuba]
[10e] Advances for undocumented immigrants like Plyler v. Doe and amnesty occurred under this two-term Republican President, who won election shortly after the Mariel boatlift in the 1980 election.
ANSWER: Ronald Reagan [or Ronald Wilson Reagan]
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