A Cuban or Haitian entrant is any individual granted parole status by the Department of Homeland Security as a Cuban or Haitian entrant; and any other national of Cuba or Haiti who: was paroled into the United States and has not acquired any other status under the INA; is the subject of exclusion or deportation proceedings under the INA; or has an application for asylum pending with the Immigration and Naturalization Service, and for whom a final, non-appealable, and legally enforceable order of deportation or exclusion has not been entered (45 CFR § 401.2).