Decision Record
D-005 - Status categories are never collapsed
Decision records keep the publication's numbered methodology rules visible and linkable.
Published rule
Lawful permanent residents, refugees, asylees, parolees, temporary statuses, and undocumented persons are analytically distinct categories and are never merged into one undifferentiated headline.
Why this page exists
This record makes the numbered methodology rule addressable in the web edition so sources, sections, and future traceability features can point back to the same canonical decision.