Haw. Code R. § 17-661-8 - Exclusions from the definition of refugee

Excluded from the status of a refugee shall be:

(1) Dependents of repatriated United States citizens who:

(A) Have been in the United States for ninety days or less; and

(B) Have one of the following specified relationships to the repatriated citizens:

(i) Spouse;

(ii) Parents;

(iii) Grandparents;

(iv) Unmarried minor child, including an adopted child or stepchild;

(v) Unmarried adult child, including an adopted child or stepchild, who is dependent because of a handicap;

(vi) Spouse's parents;

(vii) Spouse's grandparents; or

(viii) Minor siblings of the repatriated citizen or the citizen's spouse;

(2) Individuals from Cuba who:

(A) Entered the United States before October 1, 1978, and are registered with the United States Cuban refugee center in Miami, Florida; or

(B) Have been admitted into the United States with the INS status of "applicant for asylum" or "Cuban entrant";

(3) Individuals from Haiti who are admitted into the United States with the INS status of "Haitian entrant"; or

(4) Any person who ordered, incited, assisted, or otherwise participated in the persecution of any person on account of race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group, or political opinion.

Notes

Haw. Code R. § 17-661-8

[Eff 3/19/93] (Auth: HRS §§ 346-14, 346-56) (Imp: HRS § 346-56; 8 U.S.C. §1101(a)(42))