Central American and Haitian Adjustment Act of 1999

This bill, introduced in the 107th Congress (2001-2002), sought to provide a pathway to legal permanent residency for certain nationals of El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Haiti. It was designed to grant these individuals the same immigration benefits previously provided to Cuban and Nicaraguan nationals under the Nicaraguan Adjustment and Central American Relief Act (NACARA).

If enacted, the bill would have allowed eligible citizens from these four countries who had been living in the United States since late 1995 to apply for "green cards" without having to leave the country. The practical impact would have been to stabilize the legal status of hundreds of thousands of long-term residents, allowing them to live and work in the U.S. permanently and eventually apply for citizenship.