Federal Program Grants Legal Status to Crime Victims
Among the many dangers facing illegal immigrants is the risk that criminals will prey on them, knowing they hesitate to go to the police. A little-known federal program aims to help those that become crime victims by offering legal status if they cooperate with authorities in their case. But there's little agreement among law enforcement officials about how the program works.
[Correction: The original broadcast of this story incorrectly indentified the agency that grants U Visas. It should have named the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services as the agency.]
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