Immigration policy for Cubans
Cuban Adjustment Act
• It was designed in 1966, at the height of the Cold War, when Cubans
were considered political exiles from the hemisphere's only communist
dictatorship.
• It offers a path toward citizenship immediately upon arriving in the
United States, regardless of how they came into the country.
• Cubans are eligible to become permanent residents after a year and a
day in the United States.
Wet-foot/dry-foot policy
• The Clinton administration changed the law for Cubans with the
controversial wet-foot/dry-foot policy in 1995.
• Cubans who touch U.S. soil can generally stay in the country and
qualify for U.S. residency, but Cubans who are intercepted at sea are
usually repatriated to the island.
Current immigration proposal
• Most Cuban immigrants would not be affected by the proposals before
Congress, according to immigration-law experts.
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