Rep. Roy Introduces the End U Visa Abuse Act
Washington, D.C. – Today, Congressman Chip Roy (R-TX) introduced the End U Visa Abuse Act, which would end a program that was originally created to support alleged crime victims, but has become a breeding ground for fraud and abuse by illegal aliens.
“The U visa program is a magnet for fraud, allowing illegal aliens to game the system, avoid deportation, and secure work permits they were never meant to have in the first place. This broken program undermines the rule of law and encourages further illegal immigration by allowing immigration lawbreakers to claim they are crime victims to potentially qualify for the visa. Alleged victimization should not be a basis for securing a green card - it’s time we end the fraud-ridden U visa program once and for all,” said Congressman Roy.
"The U visa program has become yet another in a line of immigration programs that may have begun as a well-intentioned tool but has since become rife with fraud and abuse. The program has grown by over 500% since 2009, ballooning to a backlog of over 400,000 pending applications. As it stands now, the U visa operates as little more than a de facto amnesty program for illegal aliens who learn how to game the system. Absent a serious effort to reform the program, it should be repealed. IAP applauds Congressman Roy's End U Visa Abuse Act,” said Grant Newman, Director of Government Relations, Immigration Accountability Project.
"The U visa is the most absurd immigration program ever conceived. The federal government hands illegal aliens—and their entire extended families—a path to U.S. citizenship simply for accusing an American of a crime. No investigation, no prosecution, no conviction required. The accused citizen gets no notice, no hearing, and no right to defend themselves. Worse: federal law actually forbids USCIS from denying the visa based solely on the accused citizen's evidence. Representative Roy's bill ends this madness,” said Cody M. Brown, Esq., Managing Attorney, Codias Law
Groups in support: Immigration Accountability Project, Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR), Center for Renewing America.