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The Cuban Adjustment Act

What it says, how it works, how it has changed and what the courts are debating. General information, not legal advice.

  1. 01What the Cuban Adjustment Act IsWhat the 1966 Cuban Adjustment Act says, the problem it solved, who it covers, and how it differs from asylum and the wet foot, dry foot policy.
  2. 02The Text of the Cuban Adjustment ActFull text of Public Law 89-732 of 1966 and of the current version, with plain-language commentary on each section.
  3. 03How the Adjustment Act Works TodayThe requirements of the Cuban Adjustment Act under the statute, federal regulations, and USCIS: entry, one year of presence, admissibility, family, rollback.
  4. 04Amendments and Related LawsAmendments to the Cuban Adjustment Act from 1976 to 2006, its 1996 conditional repeal, and the immigration laws around it, with primary sources.
  5. 05Parole, Wet Foot, Dry Foot, and the I-220AWhat parole is, how the Cuban parole programs worked, what "wet foot, dry foot" was, and why the I-220A is still being litigated in 2026.
  6. 06The Cuban Adjustment Act in the CourtsThe decisions of the BIA, the Attorney General, and the federal courts that defined how the Cuban Adjustment Act applies, from 1967 to 2026.
  7. 07The Debate over the Cuban Adjustment ActArguments for and against the Cuban Adjustment Act, the clause tying its repeal to a democratic Cuba, and the bills to change it.