1997 Nicaraguan Adjustment and Central American Relief Act

Wednesday, January 01, 1997

Signed into law by President Bill Clinton, this Act allowed certain Salvadorans, Guatemalans, and Nicaraguans who had fled violence and poverty to file for asylum and remain in the United States. This Act also allowed for the suspension/cancellation of removal of nationals from Central America and former Soviet-Bloc countries, along with their spouses and children.