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      Attempts to Repeal the Cuban Adjustment Act: A Public Policy Analysis

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            Historical struggles to maintain, reform or repeal the Cuban Adjustment Act in the US Congress reveal a complex ideological, political and policy-driven battle among a wide range of groups acting in the domestic and foreign policies fronts. Drawing on the methodological approaches of public policy analysis, this paper focuses on three critical moments in which US efforts to reform its immigration system clashed with the influence of Cuban-American hardliners. This group has been successful in using its political clout in order to influence the public debate against repeal, by insisting on the longer term ideological value of the Act in the context of the US Cuba policy, in spite of structural trends in favour of restricted immigration.

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            Journal
            Journal ID (doi): 10.13169/intljofdissocjus
            Title: International Journal of Cuban Studies
            Abbreviated Title: IJCS
            Publisher: Pluto Journals
            ISSN (Electronic): 1756-347X
            Publication date Pub: 05 July 2022
            Publication date Collection: 2022
            Volume: 14
            Issue: 1
            Pages: 13-35
            Article
            DOI: 10.13169/intejcubastud.14.1.0013
            SO-VID: 21126780-e5e6-4fd3-9d12-d413cf1b72d3
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            Pages: 23
            Categories
            Subject: Academic Articles

            ScienceOpen disciplines: Literary studies,Arts,Social & Behavioral Sciences,History,Cultural studies,Economics
            Keywords: Cuban-Americans,US Cuba policy,immigration policy,political process,public policy,Cuban Adjustment Act

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