Human trafficking is a modern form of slavery, in which immigrants are brought into a country for forced labor or sexual exploitation. The United States is considered one of the top three worst human trafficking countries in the world along with Mexico and the Philippines. It is estimated that 18-20,000 victims are trafficked in the US every year. Human trafficking is defined as involuntary servitude, slavery or practices similar to slavery, debt bondage, or forced labor. Human trafficking was made a federal crime in the US in 2000. At that point, the T Visa was created as a part of the Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act.
The U Visa is a very sensitive area of immigration law that was created to help and protect all victims of qualifying crimes, and their families. It is for those who have suffered substantial mental or physical abuse and are willing to assist law enforcement and government officials in the investigation or prosecution of the criminal activity. It is similar, but not the same as a T Visa which was created in 2000 under the Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act.
It can be very confusing for people facing immigration problems due to past crimes to understand the difference between deportability and inadmissibility. That is because there are two separate sections of U.S. immigration law that govern whether a crime will bar you from getting a green card (if you don’t have one), or whether it will lead to your green card being taken away. These are the laws of inadmissibility and the laws of deportability. It’s important to understand them as both might ultimately lead to you being deported or removed from the United States
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