satisfactory immigration status
(1) (A) The State shall require, as a condition of an individual’s eligibility for benefits under a program listed in subsection (b), a declaration in writing, under penalty of perjury— (i) by the individual, (ii) in the case in which eligibility for program benefits is determined on a family or household basis, by any adult member of such individual’s family or household (as applicable), or (iii) in the case of an individual born into a family or household receiving benefits under such program, by any adult member of such family or household no later than the next redetermination of eligibility of such family or household following the birth of such individual, stating whether the individual is a citizen or national of the United States, and, if that individual is not a citizen or national of the United States, that the individual is in a satisfactory immigration status. (B) In this subsection, in the case of the program described in subsection (b)(4)— (i) any reference to the State shall be considered a reference to the State agency, and (ii) any reference to an individual’s eligibility for benefits under the program shall be considered a reference to the individual’s eligibility to participate in the program as a member of a household, and (iii) the term “satisfactory immigration status” means an immigration status which does not make the individual ineligible for benefits under the applicable program.