Reading Room Document

Visa Revocation and Dual Citizenship Issues in the Cuban Parole Program

This document addresses two main questions: whether a parole visa can be revoked once the parolee has entered the United States, and whether the law allows any Cuban with dual U.S.-Cuban citizenship to immigrate to the United States with their entire family. The document concludes that parole can be revoked under certain conditions, and the parolee may face exclusion proceedings. It also determines that U.S. citizens with dual Cuban citizenship and their immediate relatives may enter the United States without regard to restrictions applicable to aliens, and that other family members may be paroled into the United States. The document also discusses the interpretation of the United Nations Convention and Protocol Relating to the Status of Refugees in relation to asylum claims in exclusion proceedings.

December 18, 1978