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(a) Eligible for and receiving Supplemental Security Income (SSI);

(b) A member of a federally recognized Indian tribe, as defined in 25 U.S.C. §450b(e); or

(c) An American Indian born in Canada to whom §289 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) applies.

B. Veterans. Veterans of the following foreign armed forces are considered under this regulation to be veterans of the armed forces of the United States:

(1) Individuals who served in the Philippine Commonwealth Army during World War II or as Philippine scouts following World War II; and

(2) Hmong and other Highland Lao veterans who fought under United States' command during the Vietnam War and who were lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence.

C. Qualified Aliens. According to §431 of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity and Reconciliation Act of 1996 (PRWORA), qualified aliens admitted to the United States shall include:

(1) The following types of aliens, who may be subject to the 5-year bar specified at §D of this regulation, depending on their most recent date of entry and their date of qualified alien status:

(a) Aliens who were lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence or who since admission were granted lawful permanent resident status in accordance with the INA;

(b) Aliens granted parole for at least 1 year under §212(d)(5) of the INA; and

(c) A documented or undocumented immigrant who was battered or subjected to extreme cruelty by the individual's United States citizen or lawful permanent resident spouse or parent, or by a member of the spouse's or parent's family residing in the same household as the immigrant, if:

(i) The spouse or parent consented to, or acquiesced in, the battery or cruelty; (ii) The abusive act or acts occurred in the United States; (iii) The individual responsible for the battery or cruelty no longer lives in the same household as the victim;

(iv) A Violence Against Women Act immigration case or a family-based visa petition has been filed; and

(v) There is a substantial connection between the battery or cruelty and the need for Medical Assistance benefits; and

(2) The following types of aliens, who are not subject to the 5-year bar specified in §D of this regulation:

(a) Alien children and pregnant women who are lawfully residing in the United States, including