239B.2B - ELIGIBILITY OF NONCITIZENS.

        239B.2B  ELIGIBILITY OF NONCITIZENS.
         A person who meets the conditions of eligibility under section
      239B.2 and who meets either of the following requirements shall be
      eligible for participation in the family investment program:
         1.  The person is a conditional resident alien who was battered or
      subjected to extreme cruelty, or whose child was battered or
      subjected to extreme cruelty, perpetrated by the person's spouse who
      is a United States citizen or lawful permanent resident as described
      in 8 C.F.R. § 216.5(a)(3).
         2.  The person was battered or subjected to extreme cruelty, or
      the person's child was battered or subjected to extreme cruelty,
      perpetrated by the person's spouse who is a United States citizen or
      lawful permanent resident and the person's petition has been approved
      or a petition is pending that sets forth a prima facie case that the
      person has noncitizen status under any of the following categories:
         a.  Status as a spouse or child of a United States citizen or
      lawful permanent resident under the federal Immigration and
      Nationality Act, § 204(a)(1), as codified in 8 U.S.C. §
      1154(a)(1)(A).
         b.  Status as a spouse or child who was battered or subjected
      to extreme cruelty by a United States citizen or lawful permanent
      resident, under the federal Immigration and Nationality Act, §
      204(a)(iii), as codified in 8 U.S.C. § 1154(a)(1)(A)(iii).
         c.  Classification as a person lawfully admitted for permanent
      residence under the federal Immigration and Nationality Act.
         d.  Suspension of deportation and adjustment of status under
      the federal Immigration and Nationality Act, § 244(a), as in effect
      before the date of enactment of the federal Illegal Immigration
      Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996.
         e.  Cancellation of removal or adjustment of status under the
      federal Immigration and Nationality Act, § 240A, as codified in 8
      U.S.C. § 1229b.
         f.  Status as an asylee, if asylum is pending, under the
      federal Immigration and Nationality Act, § 208, as codified in 8
      U.S.C. § 1158.  
         Section History: Recent Form
         2002 Acts, ch 1175, §27