Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 340 - Department of Human Services › Chapter 10 - Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) › Subchapter 15 - Conditions of Eligibility - Citizenship and Alienage › Section 340:10-15-1 - Citizenship and alien status

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
(a) A person
				eligible to be included in a Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF)
				benefit, must be:
(1) a citizen or a national
				of the United States (U.S.), including the 50 states, District of Columbia,
				commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa and Northern
				Mariana Islands. A person may be a citizen of the U.S. by being born in the
				U.S. or by being born in some other country but moving to the U.S. and being
				granted U.S. citizenship through the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
				(USCIS) a bureau of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security; or
(2) a qualified alien described as:
(A) an alien who is lawfully admitted for
				permanent residence under the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA);
(B) an alien who is paroled into the U.S.,
				per Section 212(d)(5) of INA for a period of at least one year;
(C) an alien who is granted conditional
				entry, per Section 203(a)(7) of INA as in effect prior to April 1, 1980;
(D) an alien who is granted
				asylum, per Section 208 of INA;
(E)
				a refugee who is admitted to the U.S., per Section 207 of INA;
(F) an alien whose deportation is withheld,
				per Section 241(b)(3) of INA;
(G)
				an alien who is a Cuban or Haitian entrant as defined, per Section 501(e) of
				the Refugee Education Assistance Act of 1980;
(H) battered aliens and their children or
				parents as defined, per Section 431(c) of the Personal Responsibility and Work
				Opportunity Reconciliation Act as amended, Section 1641(c) of Title 8 of the
				United States Code (8 U.S.C. §
												1641(c);
(I) an alien and his or her eligible
				relatives who are victims of a severe form of trafficking, per Section 107(b)
				of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 that was reauthorized and
				amended by the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2013;
(J) an Iraqi admitted in special
				immigrant status as defined in Section 101(a)(27) of the INA,
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				U.S.C. §
												1101(a)(27),
				and Section 1059, Public Law (P.L.) 109-163, the National Defense Authorization
				Act for Fiscal Year 2006, and
				Section
				1244 of
				P.L.
				110-181, the National Defense Authorization Act
				for Fiscal Year 2008, per Section 525 of Division G of
				P.L.
				110-161, the Consolidated Appropriations Act of
				2008, Section 1244 of P.L. 110-181, the National Defense Authorization Act for
				Fiscal Year 2008, and Section 8120 of
				P.L.
				111-118. The person must be treated as a
				refugee;
(K) an Afghan admitted in
				special immigrant status as defined, per Section 101(a)(27) of the INA,
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				U.S.C. §
												1101(a)(27)
				and Section
				1059,
				P.L.
				109-163, the National Defense Authorization Act
				for Fiscal Year 2006, Section 602, Division F, P.L. 111-08, the Omnibus
				Appropriations Act, 2009, pursuant to Section 525 of Division G of
				P.L.
				110-161 of the Consolidated Appropriations Act,
				2009, and Section
				8120 of
				P.L.
				111-118. The person must be treated as a refugee;
				or
(L) an Afghan non-special
				immigrant parolee, known as a humanitarian parolee, per the Afghanistan
				Supplemental Appropriations Act 2022 enacted on September 30, 2021, Section
				2502 of P.L. 117-43, paroled into the U.S. between July 31, 2021 and September
				30, 2022, who meets all other factors of eligibility from October 1, 2021 until
				March 31, 2023, or the term of parole, whichever is longer.