An Act to adjust the status of Cuban refugees to that of lawful permanent residents of the United States
PL 89-732 (H.R.15183), enacted 11/02/1966

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PUBLIC LAW 89-732-NOV. 2, 1966 
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Public Law 89-732 
A N A C T 
November 2, 1966 
TH R 151831 
To adjust the status of Cuban refugees to that of lawful permanent residents 
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of the United States, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted hy the Set\ate and Hou-ne of Rem-esientatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assemhled. That, notwithstand- '^^^ustmlntl.T' 
iiig the provisions of section 245(c) of the Immif^ration and Nation- status. 
ality Act, the status of any alien who is a native or citizen of Cuba 
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and who has been inspected and admitted or paroled into the United 
States subsequent to January 1, 1959 and has been physically present 
in the United States for at least two years, may be adjusted by the 
Attorney General, in his discretion and under such regulations as he 
may prescribe, to that of an alien lawfully admitted for permanent 
res.dence if the alien makes an application for such adjustment, and 
the alien is eligible to receive an immigrant visa and is admissible to 
tJte United States for permanent residence. I'pon approval of such 
ait application for adjustment of status, the Attorney General shall 
create a record of the alien's admission for permanent residence as of 
a date thirty months prior to the filing of such an application or the 
date of his last arrival into the United States, whichever date is later. 
The provisions of this Act shall be applicable to the spouse and child 
of any alien described in this subsection, regardless of their citizenship 
and place of birth, who are residing with such alien in the United 
States. 
SEC. 2. In the case of any alien described in section 1 of this Act 
who, prior to the effective date thereof, has been lawfully admitted 
into the United States for permanent residence, the Attorney General 
shall, upon application, record his admission for permanent residence 
as of the date the alien originally arrived in the United States as a 
nonimmigrant or as a parolee, or a date thirty months prior to the 
date of enactment of this Act, whichever date is later. 
SEC. 3. Section 13 of the Act entitled "An Act to amend the Immi-
gration and Nationality Act, and for other purposes", approved Octo-
ber 3, 1965 (Public Law 89-236), is amended by adding at the end 
thereof the following new subsection: 
"(c) Nothing contained in subsection (b) of this section shall be 
construed to affect the validity of any application for adjustment 
under section 245 filed with the Attorney General prior to December 1, 
1965, which Avould have been valid on that date; but as to all such 
applications the statutes or parts of statutes repealed or amended by 
this Act are, unless otherwise specifically provided therein, continued 
in force and effect." 
SEC. 4, Except as otherwise specifically provided in this Act, the 
definitions contained in section 101 (a) and (b) of the Immigration 
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and Nationality Act shall apply in the administration of this Act. 
Nothing contained in this Act shall be held to repeal, amend, alter, 
modify, affect, oi* I'estrict the ])owers, duties, funclions, or authority 
of the Attorney (ieneral in the administration and enforcement of the 
Inmiigration and Nationality Act or any other law relating to immi-
gration, nationality, or naturalization. 
Approved November 2, 1966. 
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