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Cuban Adjustment Act

Cuban Adjustment Act

Search complete. 22 mentions across 6 episodes found for "Cuban Adjustment Act".

Sep 19, 2026

Elliott RodriguezGUEST
20:42
because Lyndon Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act, but also Lyndon Johnson allowed thousands and thousands of Cubans to flee Cuba.
Elliott RodriguezGUEST
20:51
And Lyndon Johnson signed the Cuban Adjustment Act, which gave Cubans coming here privileges that other immigrants don't have.
Elliott RodriguezGUEST
20:59
Let's be clear about that.
Elliott RodriguezGUEST
21:00
Also, he allowed the freedom flights in the 1960s.
Ana NavarroHOST
22:02
He signed it into law in 1990.
Ana NavarroHOST
22:05
And it is a humanitarian program that is designed to allow people to temporarily stay in the United States, particularly after humanitarian crises, natural disasters, political disasters.
Ana NavarroHOST
22:19
So it's been given to...
Ana NavarroHOST
22:21
Many different nationalities.
Ana NavarroHOST
22:31
It's been given to Ukraine after the war started.
Ana NavarroHOST
22:36
I mean, it's a number of countries.
Ana NavarroHOST
22:39
It's a number of TPS programs.
Ana NavarroHOST
22:42
And I give you that it's supposed to be a temporary program, and it's become more than that.
NYT

NYT

8.31.26

Aug 31 · 1 Mention

Mary FullingtonNARRATOR
15:27
Now, the Trump administration is boosting deportations by sending people, quote, to countries like Liberia, where they have zero ties, don't speak the language, and simply cannot imagine surviving, said Ms. Davids.
Mary FullingtonNARRATOR
15:52
Mr. Sanchez, the Cuban man who was writhing in pain on the flight to Liberia, said he had arrived in the United States in 2010 under the Cuban Adjustment Act and worked as a welder building windows and doors.
Mary FullingtonNARRATOR
16:10
In 2018, he was stabbed and shot in his stomach during a robbery in Miami that left him in a coma for 40 days.
Mary FullingtonNARRATOR
16:17
He said, Doctors who reviewed pictures of his abdomen said they appeared consistent with his descriptions of what happened to him.
MikeHOST
29:25
Yeah.
MikeHOST
29:28
So apparently he had been a legal permanent resident since the Cuban Adjustment Act.
MikeHOST
29:33
So he was not literally an illegal alien.
MikeHOST
29:35
I'm exaggerating.
Joe DixonHOST
19:34
But in the case of Tony and Manny, they really are criminals.
Joe DixonHOST
19:39
Now, if you don't know, way back in 1966, Congress passed the Cuban Adjustment Act that allowed, on an expedited basis, Cubans to get U.S. citizenship.
Joe DixonHOST
19:51
This was a Cold War F.U. to the Soviet Union, which was a supporter of the communist Cuban government.
Joe DixonHOST
19:58
That law led to the 1980 Mariel Boatlift, which opens this movie.
Kyle KulinskiHOST
0:16
We also have Joe Rogan taking shots at AOC and mocking her over her comment that woke one was crazy, so we'll dive into that as well.
Kyle KulinskiHOST
0:27
Uh, and then later on, we have a billionaire, Mark Cuban, panics and throws a tantrum against universal healthcare, Medicare for all, uh, which is just beyond disgusting and grotesque, and he should be ashamed of himself doing that.
Kyle KulinskiHOST
0:43
Uh, so I'll have a lot to say about that as well.
Kyle KulinskiHOST
0:45
And you guys know the deal, man.

37 MINS LATER

Kyle KulinskiHOST
37:30
They even put me in a freezing punishment room.
Kyle KulinskiHOST
37:32
The guards call us bitches and tell us we-- that we should just die." She has been transferred between three ICE detention centers over several months in Florida, Louisiana, and Texas.
Kyle KulinskiHOST
37:40
She is married to a US citizen, filed her Cuban Adjustment Act paperwork, owned her business for four years, and has no criminal record.
Kyle KulinskiHOST
37:48
Marianita doesn't have an account on this platform, so posting first full-length credited video here to help raise awareness.

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