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Certain Nicaraguans & Central Americans (NACARA)
NACARA § 202 The Nicaraguan Adjustment and Central American Relief Act (NACARA) § 202 permits certain nationals of Nicaragua and Cuba who have been residing in the United States to become lawful permanent residents of the United States. Under this rule, eligible Nicaraguans and Cubans may apply for permanent residency without having to do so first at a United States consulate abroad. However, the deadline to adjust status under NACARA § 202 expired on March 31, 2000.
Since April 1, 2000, only those Nicaraguans and Cubans who are eligible to reopen his or her removal proceedings as a result of the enactment of the Legal Immigration Family Equity Act (LIFE) Amendments to § 202 of NACARA may apply for lawful permanent residency under NACARA. All motions to reopen must be filed on or before June 19, 2001.
NACARA § 203 This section of NACARA provides immigration benefits and relief from deportation to certain Nicaraguans, Cubans, Salvadoran, Guatemalans, nationals of former Soviet bloc countries and their dependents. This section applies to nationals who entered the United States by specified dates and applied for asylum or registered for benefits under the settlement in the class action lawsuit American Baptist Churches v. Thornburgh. Under § 203, qualified individuals may apply for suspension of deportation or for cancellation of removal under the standards similar to those in effect before the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996.
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