8 CFR § 236.17 - Eligibility for Federal financial assistance programs.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t8/s236.17"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "8 CFR § 236.17 - Eligibility for Federal financial assistance programs."
title_number: 8
title_name: "Aliens and Nationality"
section_number: "236.17"
section_name: "Eligibility for Federal financial assistance programs."
chapter_name: "DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "IMMIGRATION REGULATIONS"
part_number: "236"
part_name: "APPREHENSION AND DETENTION OF INADMISSIBLE AND DEPORTABLE ALIENS; REMOVAL OF ALIENS ORDERED REMOVED"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "5 U.S.C. 301, 552, 552a; 6 U.S.C. 112(a)(2), 112(a)(3), 112(b)(1), 112(e), 202, 251, 279, 291; 8 U.S.C. 1103, 1182, 1224, 1225, 1226, 1227, 1231, 1232, 1324a, 1357, 1362, 1611; 18 U.S.C. 4002, 4013(c)(4); 8 CFR part 2."
regulatory_source: "62 FR 10360, Mar. 6, 1997, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "236"
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# 236.17 Eligibility for Federal financial assistance programs.

An alien granted Family Unity Program benefits based on a relationship to a legalized alien as defined in § 236.11 is ineligible for public welfare assistance in the same manner and for the same period as the legalized alien who is ineligible for such assistance under section 245A(h) or 210(f) of the Act, respectively.