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Current as of October 02, 2022 | Updated by FindLaw Staff
The following categories of aliens are ineligible for Family Unity benefits under the LIFE Act Amendments:
(a) An alien who has been convicted of a felony or of three or more misdemeanors in the United States; or
(b) An alien who has ordered, incited, assisted, or otherwise participated in the persecution of an individual because of the individual's race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group, or political opinion; or
(c) An alien who has been convicted by a final judgment of a particularly serious crime and who is a danger to the community of the United States; or
(d) An alien who the Attorney General has serious reasons to believe has committed a serious nonpolitical crime outside the United States before the alien arrived in the United States; or
(e) An alien who the Attorney General has reasonable grounds to believe is a danger to the security of the United States.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Code of Federal Regulations Title 8. Aliens and Nationality § 8.245a.32 Ineligible aliens - last updated October 02, 2022 | https://codes.findlaw.com/cfr/title-8-aliens-and-nationality/cfr-sect-8-245a-32/
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