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).

Terms Used In Iowa Code 239B.2B

  • Child: means an unmarried person who is less than eighteen years of age or an unmarried person who is eighteen years of age and is engaged full-time in completing high school graduation or equivalency requirements in a manner which is reasonably expected to result in completion of the requirements prior to the person reaching nineteen years of age. See Iowa Code 239B.1
  • Family: means a family unit that includes at least one child and at least one parent or other specified relative of the child. See Iowa Code 239B.1
  • following: when used by way of reference to a chapter or other part of a statute mean the next preceding or next following chapter or other part. See Iowa Code 4.1
  • person: means individual, corporation, limited liability company, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership or association, or any other legal entity. See Iowa Code 4.1
  • United States: includes all the states. See Iowa Code 4.1
 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.
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