A great many of the Central Americans who came here during this period received some form of encouragement or support from our government for that decision. This started in 1979. when President Carters Attorney General used his discretionary authority to protect recent arrivals from Nicaragua by establishing an extended voluntary departure program for them. When that program expired. it was extended further through a variety of other congressional and administrative actions. During the early to mid1980s. Nicaraguans claims for asylum had a high success rate. and very few were deported. That success rate began to decline toward the end of the decade. Recognizing the dangers presented by the civil war. however. the Reagan administration in 1987 established a special Nicaraguan Review Program.
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