In 1985 he was an expert witness for the U.S. Government in civil litigation resulting from the Mariel boatlift.
Cuban gays were expelled or took the opportunity to leave Cuba during the 1980 Mariel boatlift.
Arriving in Miami, Florida, the family joined his grandmother, who had herself come to the United States during the Mariel boatlift.
White has traveled extensively and participated in a wide variety of adventures, including dog sledding in Alaska, helping to re-establish Little League baseball in Cuba, and ferrying Cuban refugees to safety during the Mariel boatlift.
Theories for the change in coverage include the massive influx of Cubans into the country; the Mount St. Helens eruption of 18 May; the severe tornadoes in Grand Island, Nebraska in June; and flooding in western Pennsylvania during August.
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