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Who is a Persons Residing Under the Color of Law (PRUCOL)?
A PRUCOL, as defined under federal welfare reform, falls in one of
the immigration status below:
• A non-citizen subject to an Order of Supervision.
• A non-citizen on whose behalf an immediate relative petition
(USCIS Form I-130) has been approved and who is entitled to
voluntary departure and whose departure USCIS does not
contemplate enforcing.
• A non-citizen who has properly filed an application for an
adjustment to lawful permanent resident status under Section 245
of the INA that USCIS has accepted as “properly filed” and whose
departure USCIS does not contemplate enforcing.
• A non-citizen granted a stay of deportation by a court order,
statute, or regulations or by individual determination by USCIS
under Section 106 of the INA and whose departure USCIS does
not contemplate enforcing.
• A non-citizen residing in the U.S. under indefinite voluntary
departure.
• A non-citizen granted voluntary departure under Section 242(b) of
the INA or 8 CFR 242.5 and whose departure USCIS does not
contemplate enforcing.
• A non-citizen in deferred action status.
• A non-citizen who entered and has continuously resided in the
U.S. since before January 1, 1972, or any date established by
Section 249 of the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986
(INA).
• A non-citizen granted suspension of deportation pursuant to
Section 244 of the INA whose departure USCIS does not
contemplate enforcing.
• A non-citizen granted an indefinite stay of deportation.
• A non-citizen granted lawful temporary resident status under
Section 254A of the INA (The Immigration Reform and Control Act
of 1986).
• A non-citizen not in one of the above categories, who can show
that; (1) USCIS knows he/she is in the U.S.; and (2) USCIS does
not intend to deport him/her either because of the person’s status
category or individual circumstances.