Louisiana Administrative Code
Title 67 - SOCIAL SERVICES
Part III - Economic Stability
Subpart 3 - Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)
Chapter 19 - Certification of Eligible Households
Subchapter D - Citizenship and Alien Status
Section III-1931 - Qualified Aliens
Universal Citation: LA Admin Code III-1931
Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024
A. In addition to U.S. citizens, the following qualified aliens are eligible for benefits:
1. an alien who is lawfully admitted for
permanent residence under the Immigration and Nationality Act;
2. an alien who is granted asylum under
Section 208 of such Act;
3. a
refugee who is admitted to the United States under Section 207 of such
Act;
4. an alien who is paroled
into the United States under Section 212(d)(5) of such Act for a period of at
least one year;
5. an alien whose
deportation is withheld under §243(h) of such Act [as in effect immediately
before the effective date (April 1, 1997) of
§307 of Division C of
Public Law
104-208] or §241(b)(3) of such Act [as amended by
§305(a) of Division C of
Public Law
104-208];
6. an alien who is granted conditional entry
pursuant to §203(a)(7) of such Act as in effect prior to April 1, 1980;
or
7. an alien who is a
Cuban or Haitian entrant, as defined in
§501. e of the Refugee
Education Assistance Act of 1980;
8. an alien who has been battered or
subjected to extreme cruelty in the United States by a spouse or parent, or by
a member of the spouse's or parent's family residing in the same household as
the alien if the spouse or parent consented to, or acquiesced in, such battery
or cruelty. The individual who has been battered or subjected to extreme
cruelty must no longer reside in the same household with the individual who
committed the battery or cruelty. The agency must also determine that a
substantial connection exists between such battery or cruelty and the need for
the benefits to be provided. The alien must have been approved or have a
petition pending which contains evidence sufficient to establish:
a. the status as a spouse or a child of a
United States citizen pursuant to Clause (ii), (iii), or (iv) of §204(a)(1)(A)
of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA); or
b. the classification pursuant to Clause (ii)
or (iii) of Section 204(a)(1)(B) of the INA; or
c. cancellation of removal under Section
1229b of the INA (as in effect prior to April 1, 1997); or
d. the status as a spouse or child of a
United States citizen pursuant to Clause (i) of §204(a)(1)(A) of the INA, or
classification pursuant to Clause (i) of §204(a)(1)(B) of the INA;
e. cancellation of removal pursuant to
Section 1229b(b)(2) of the INA;
9. an alien child of a battered parent or the
alien parent of a battered child as described in
§1931. A 8;
or
10. an alien who is the victim
of a severe form of trafficking in persons;
11. an Iraqi or Afghan immigrant who has been
granted Special Immigrant Visa (SIV) status.
AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with P.L. 104-193, P.L. 104-208, P.L. 105-33, P.L. 105-185, and P.L. 106-386.
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