From before the 1983 amendment until 1986 , the categories of eligible aliens ( 1 ) an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence ; ( 2 ) an alien who was either married to a United States citizen or was a parent or an unmarried child under the age of twenty-one years of such a citizen and who had filed an application for adjustment of status under the INA ; ( 3 ) an alien who was lawfully present in the United States as a refugee or who had been granted asylum by the Attorney General ; ( 4 ) an alien who was lawfully present in the United States as a result of the Attorney General 's withholding of deportation ; and ( 5 ) an alien lawfully present in the United States as a result of being granted conditional entry .
There was no amendment regarding aliens .