The U.S. has not changed its immigration policy toward Cuba.

On July 6, the U.S. State Department stated that it has no plans to change its Cold War-era immigration policy toward Cuba.

In a statement, the U.S. State Department clarified: “The U.S. administration has no plans to change current immigration policies, including the Cuba Adjustment Act.”

Illustrative image (source: tbo.com).

However, the U.S. State Department stressed that the U.S. will continue to support safe, orderly, and regulated immigration from Cuba, as well as the full implementation of existing immigration agreements between the two countries. The State Department also affirmed that normalizing relations is a long and complex process, requiring continued interaction and dialogue between the two governments.

According to a regulation dating back to 1966, the U.S. Attorney General has the authority to grant any Cuban citizen permanent residency in the U.S. after one year in the U.S., without requiring annual quotas for immigrants.

After nearly seven months of negotiations and four rounds of talks, the process of normalizing relations between the United States and Cuba has reached a historic milestone with the two countries agreeing on July 1st to reopen their embassies later this month.

According to VOV.VN