Verification of eligibility for public benefits--INS. Proposed rule.
This rule amends the Immigration and Naturalization Service ("Service") regulations by establishing a new part requiring certain entities that provide Federal public benefits (with certain exceptions) to verify, by examining alien applicants' evidence of alien registration and by using a Service automated verification system that the applicants are eligible for the benefits under welfare reform legislation. The rule also sets forth procedures by which a State or local government can verify whether an alien applying for a State or local public benefit is a qualified alien, a nonimmigrant, or an alien paroled into the United States for less than 1 year, for purposes of determining whether the alien is eligible for the benefit. In addition, the rule establishes procedures for verifying the U.S. nationality of individuals applying for benefits in a fair and nondiscriminatory manner.
D004608:Eligibility Determination / Q000191:economics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D004641:Emigration and Immigration / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006077:Government Agencies; D011632:Public Assistance / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D012946:Social Welfare / Q000191:economics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D014481:United States