Do not deem
income for the first 12 months for aliens who meet the following
criteria:
- The battered alien must be battered by their U.S. citizen or LPR
alien spouse or parent AND is a refugee AND
- Either 1 or 2 below must apply
- If a parent is the battered alien, any child who lives with them
is also a battered alien OR
- If a child is the battered alien, the parent who lives with them
is also a battered alien as long as the parent did not actively
participate in the battery AND
- There is a substantial connection between the battery and the need
for benefits AND
- The individual subject to such battery or cruelty dies not live in
the same household with the individual responsible for the cruelty
AND