If you are a victim of a serious crime in the U.S. and are living in fear because of your immigration status, you may feel like there’s nowhere to turn. But there are legal protections that can help. The U visa offers a path to safety, stability, and eventually lawful immigration status for certain noncitizen […]

No one chooses to be a victim. Yet every day, immigrants across the U.S. are targeted, trapped in silence by fear, legal uncertainty, or threats of deportation. Survivors of human trafficking, assault, and other violent crimes often face impossible choices: stay silent or risk everything to come forward. The U Visa exists to change that.