The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuban_Adjustment_Act" id="mw6w" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Cuban Adjustment Act">Cuban Adjustment Act</a> comes into force, allowing 123,000 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuba" id="mw7A" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Cuba">Cubans</a> the opportunity to apply for permanent residence in the United States.<sup about="#mwt145" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-27"}}' id="cite_ref-27" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./November_2#cite_note-27" id="mw7Q" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 27;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mw7g">[27]</span></a></sup>
<span class="mw-reference-text" id="mw-reference-text-cite_note-27"><a about="#mwt142" class="mw-redirect" data-mw='{"parts":[{"template":{"target":{"wt":"USPL","href":"./Template:USPL"},"params":{"1":{"wt":"89"},"2":{"wt":"732"},"3":{"wt":"To adjust the status of Cuban refugees to that of lawful permanent residents of the United States, and for other purposes."}},"i":0}}]}' href="./Public_Law_(United_States)" id="mwCN8" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Public Law (United States)" typeof="mw:Transclusion"><abbr about="#mwt144" data-mw='{"attribs":[[{"txt":"title"},{"html":"&lt;span typeof=\"mw:Nowiki\" data-parsoid=\"{}\"&gt;Public Law (United States)&lt;/span&gt;"}]]}' id="mwCOA" title="Public Law (United States)" typeof="mw:ExpandedAttrs">Pub. L.</abbr></a><span about="#mwt142" class="sr-only" id="mwCOE" style="border: 0;   clip: rect(0, 0, 0, 0); clip-path: polygon(0px 0px, 0px 0px, 0px 0px); height: 1px; margin: -1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0; position: absolute; width: 1px; white-space: nowrap;">Tooltip Public Law (United States)</span><span about="#mwt142" id="mwCOI" typeof="mw:Entity"> </span><a about="#mwt142" class="external text" href="https://uslaw.link/citation/us-law/public/89/732" id="mwCOM" rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow">89–732<span id="mwCOQ" typeof="mw:Entity">:</span> To adjust the status of Cuban refugees to that of lawful permanent residents of the United States, and for other purposes.</a></span>