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 103 STAT. 1034 PUBLIC LAW 101-162—NOV. 21, 1989 legal assistance for or on behalf of any alien unless the alien is present in the United States and is— (1) an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence as defined in section 101(a)(20) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(20)); (2) an alien who is either married to a United States citizen or is a parent or an unmarried child under the age of twenty-one years of such a citizen and who has filed an application for adjustment of status to permanent resident under the Immigra- tion and Nationality Act, and such application has not been ' rejected; (3) an alien who is lawfully present in the United States pursuant to an admission under section 207 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1157, relating to refugee admis- sions) or who has been granted asylum by the Attorney General under such Act; or (4) an alien who is lawfully present in the United States as a result of the Attorney General's withholding of deportation pursuant to section 243(h) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1253(h)): Aliens. Provided further, That an alien who is lawfully present in the United States as a result of being granted conditional entry pursu- ant to section 203(a)(7) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1153(a)(7)) before April 1, 1980, because of persecution or fear of persecution on account of race, religion, or political opinion or because of being uprooted by catastrophic natural calamity shall be deemed, for purposes of the previous proviso, to be an alien de- scribed in clause (3) of the previous proviso: Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated for the Legal Services Corporation may be used to support or conduct training programs for the purpose of advocating particular public policies or encouraging political activities, labor or antilabor activities, boycotts, picketing, strikes, and demonstrations, including the dissemination of informa- tion about such policies or activities, except that this provision shall not be construed to prohibit the training of attorneys or paralegal personnel necessary to prepare them to provide adequate legal assistance to eligible clients or to advise any eligible client as to the nature of the legislative process or inform any eligible client of his rights under statute, order, or regulation: Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated in this Act for the Legal Services Corporation may be used to carry out the procedures established pursuant to section 1011(2) of the Legal Services Corporation Act unless the Corporation prescribes procedures to insure that finan- cial assistance under this Act shall not be terminated, and a suspen- sion of financial assistance shall not be continued for more than thirty days, unless the grantee, contractor, or person or entity receiving financial assistance under this Act has been afforded reasonable notice and opportunity for a timely, full, and fair hearing and, when requested, such hearing shall be conducted by an independent hearing examiner, subject to the following conditions— (1) such request for a hearing shall be made to the Corpora- tion within thirty days after receipt of notice to terminate financial assistance, deny an application for refunding, or sus- pend financial assistance and such hearing shall be conducted within thirty days of receipt of such request for a hearing; (2) the Corporation shall make such final decision within thirty days after completion of such hearing; and

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