Asylum in the United States in the context of "Nicaraguan and Central American Relief Act"

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⭐ Core Definition: Asylum in the United States


A specified number of legally defined refugees who are granted refugee status outside the United States are annually admitted under 8 U.S.C. § 1157 for firm resettlement. Other people enter the United States with or without inspection, and apply for asylum under section 1158.

Asylum in the United States has two specific requirements. First, asylum applicants must be physically present in the United States, or at a designated port of arrival. Second, they must show that they suffered persecution in the past, or have a well-founded fear of future persecution in their country of nationality and permanent residency on account of at least one of the five protected grounds: race, religion, nationality, political opinion, or membership in a particular social group.

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👉 Asylum in the United States in the context of Nicaraguan and Central American Relief Act

The Nicaraguan Adjustment and Central American Relief Act or NACARA (Title II of Pub. L. 105–100 (text) (PDF)) is a U.S. law passed in 1997 that provides various forms of immigration benefits and relief from deportation to certain Nicaraguans, Cubans, Salvadorans, Guatemalans, nationals of former Soviet bloc countries and their dependents who had applied for asylum. As these Central Americans overwhelmed the U.S. asylum program in the mid-1990s, their cases were left for NACARA to address.

The legislation was authored by Cuban-American Florida Congressman Lincoln Díaz-Balart and was included as part of the D.C. Appropriations Act for FY 1998.

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Asylum in the United States in the context of Immigration policy of the United States

Federation policy oversees and regulates immigration to the United States and citizenship of the United States. The United States Congress has authority over immigration policy in the United States, and it delegates enforcement to the Department of Homeland Security. Historically, the United States went through a period of loose immigration policy in the early-19th century followed by a period of strict immigration policy in the late-19th and early-20th centuries. Policy areas related to the immigration process include visa policy, asylum policy, and naturalization policy. Policy areas related to illegal immigration include deferral policy and removal policy.

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LINKED FROM (PARENTS)
← Nicaraguan and Central American Relief Act ← Immigration policy of the United States
LINKS TO (CHILDREN)
Refugee law → Refugee → Title 8 of the United States Code → Third country resettlement → Persecution → Country → Nationality → Permanent residency → Protected group → Race (human categorization) → Religious denomination → Political opinion → Particular social group →