The USCIS has recently decided that individuals subject to the “widow penalty” (i.e. US citizen spouse dies before I-130 adjudicated and marriage is less than two years old) will be allowed to have their cases held in abeyance until a remedy is finalized. This means the individuals will be able to secure workcards “EADs” and advance parole documents.
The 9/4/2009 memo with more information can be found here [PDF]
