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person induced to perform such act has not attained 18 years of age; or the recruitment, harboring, transportation, provisions, or obtaining of a person for labor or services, through the use of force, fraud, or coercion for the purpose of subjection to involuntary servitude, peonage, debt bondage, or slavery. SYSTEMATIC ALIEN VERIFICATION FOR ENTITLEMENT (SAVE) An automated or manual information-sharing program whereby state agencies may verify the immigration status of noncitizen applicants for entitlement benefits. This verification is completed by the SAVE Coordinator upon request from the Worker. TEMPORARY LAWFUL RESIDENT NONCITIZEN A noncitizen granted a one-year period of lawful resident status based on his qualifications under the legalization or Special Agricultural Worker (SAW) programs. The temporary status may be removed after one year, when USCIS rules favorably or unfavorably on granting permanent lawful resident status to the noncitizen. UNDOCUMENTED NONCITIZEN A noncitizen in the U.S. without proper documentation. He is in violation of U.S. immigration law. (See also the definition for illegal noncitizen for a broader explanation of unauthorized noncitizens in the U.S.). UNITED STATES Defined in a geographical sense as the continental U.S., Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, Guam, U.S. Virgin Islands, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. UNITED STATES CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION SERVICES (USCIS) The federal agency under the Department of Homeland Security that administers immigration law.

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West Virginia Income Maintenance Manual Chapter 15

West Virginia Income Maintenance Manual Page 6 Chapter 15 Noncitizens, Refugees, and Citizenship

person induced to perform such act has not attained 18 years of age; or the recruitment, harboring, transportation, provisions, or obtaining of a person for labor or services, through the use of force, fraud, or coercion for the purpose of subjection to involuntary servitude, peonage, debt bondage, or slavery. SYSTEMATIC ALIEN VERIFICATION FOR ENTITLEMENT (SAVE) An automated or manual information-sharing program whereby state agencies may verify the immigration status of noncitizen applicants for entitlement benefits. This verification is completed by the SAVE Coordinator upon request from the Worker. TEMPORARY LAWFUL RESIDENT NONCITIZEN A noncitizen granted a one-year period of lawful resident status based on his qualifications under the legalization or Special Agricultural Worker (SAW) programs. The temporary status may be removed after one year, when USCIS rules favorably or unfavorably on granting permanent lawful resident status to the noncitizen. UNDOCUMENTED NONCITIZEN A noncitizen in the U.S. without proper documentation. He is in violation of U.S. immigration law. (See also the definition for illegal noncitizen for a broader explanation of unauthorized noncitizens in the U.S.). UNITED STATES Defined in a geographical sense as the continental U.S., Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, Guam, U.S. Virgin Islands, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. UNITED STATES CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION SERVICES (USCIS) The federal agency under the Department of Homeland Security that administers immigration law.