"An estimated half a million Cuban immigrants who arrived in the United States between 2019 and 2023 now find themselves in an unprecedented legal limbo, according to experts. This is due both to the sheer size of this group and to the existence of the Cuban Adjustment Act, which historically offered Cubans a path to residency after one year in the country."
"The obstacle has been the document they received upon being released by immigration authorities, known as an I-220Aan Order of Release on Recognizancewhile others received parole, which has allowed them to adjust their status. This difference, which lawyers say was essentially arbitrary and whose logic has never been clarified by the authorities, left families divided between those who are now residents and those who remain in limbo."
An estimated half million Cuban immigrants who arrived between 2019 and 2023 are in unprecedented legal limbo. The Cuban Adjustment Act historically offered Cubans a path to residency after one year in the United States. Many immigrants received an I-220A Order of Release on Recognizance, while others received parole; parole recipients were able to adjust status. The arbitrary issuance of I-220A versus parole left families divided and prevented many from obtaining residency. Lawsuits seek to have courts recognize the I-220A as equivalent to parole. The Department of Homeland Security challenged early adjustments in 2022, and a 2023 federal appeals court ruling favored the government.
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