Qualified Alien
- An alien who is lawfully admitted for permanent residence under the
Immigration and Nationality Act OR
- An alien who is admitted as a refugee under section 207 of the
Immigration and Nationality Act OR
- An alien who is granted conditional entry under section 203(a)(7) of
the Immigration and Nationality Act as in effect prior to April 1, 1980
OR
- An alien who is granted asylum under section 208 of the Immigration
and Nationality Act OR
- An alien who is paroled into the United States under section
212(d)(5) of the Immigration and Nationality Act for a period of at
least one year OR
- An alien whose deportation is being withheld under section 243(h) or
241(b) (3) of the Immigration and Nationality Act OR
- An alien granted status as a Cuban and Haitian entrant as defined in
section 501(e) of the Refugee Education Assistance Act of 1980 OR
- An alien admitted as an Amerasian immigrant under the provision of
Public Law 100-202 OR
- An American Indian born in Canada who is at least one-half American
Indian as per section 289 of the Immigration and Nationality Act OR
- Victims of a severe form of trafficking, in accordance with section
107(b)(1) of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000, Public Law
106-386 OR
- Hmong and other Highland Lao tribal peoples who have been lawfully
admitted to the United States for permanent residence, and who fought on
behalf of the United States during the Vietnam conflict OR
- An alien who is the spouse of a Hmong or Highland Laotian who fought
on behalf of the United States during the Vietnam conflict OR
- An alien who is a surviving spouse (who has not remarried) of a
Hmong or Highland Laotian who fought on behalf of the United States
during the Vietnam conflict OR
- An alien who is an unmarried dependent child of a Hmong or Highland
Laotian who fought on behalf of the United States during the Vietnam
conflict OR
- An alien who has been battered or subjected to extreme cruelty who
meets the following conditions:
- The battered alien must be battered by their U.S. Citizen or LPR
alien spouse or parent AND
- 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
- The alien must not currently be residing in the same household
as the individual responsible for the battery or extreme cruelty
AND
- There must be a substantial connection between the battery or
extreme cruelty suffered by the alien (or the alien's child or
parent) and the need for Cash Assistance benefits