Services

The United States has numerous immigration benefits meant to protect noncitizens from deportation, particularly if they are afraid to return to their home country or have undergone significant hardships. 

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Services include:

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• Temporary Protected Status: the US government has designated certain countries for TPS based on conditions in the country that prevents the country's nationals from returning safely - such as an armed conflict, natural disaster or epidemic

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• Asylum: asylum is meant to protect persons who fear they will be harmed in their home country due to race, religion, nationality, political opinion, or their membership in a particular social group

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• Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals: allows noncitizens who came to the United States as children under the age of 16 to receive a two-year period of deferred action (protection from deportation) and work authorization

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• U Visa: this visa is available to victims of certain crimes

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• T Visa: this visa is available to victims of trafficking

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• Self-Petitioner under the Violence Against Women Act: this is a green card available to men, women and children who have been victims of domestic violence

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• Special Immigration Juvenile green card: this is a green card available to children who have been abandoned, neglected or abused by one or both of their parents

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