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Unable to legally work in the US for years, six NEPA undocumented immigrants sue federal agency By Borys Krawczeniuk | WVIA News Published December 3, 2024 at 4:01 PM EST Under the U-visa program, undocumented immigrants apply but are usually put on waitlists because the agency has fallen years behind in processing applications, said attorney Tracey M. Hubbard, a Scranton immigration lawyer not involved in this suit. Congress established the U-visa program in 2000 to protect non-citizen crime victims “in keeping with the humanitarian interests of the United States.” “A person admitted to the program receives protection from (deportation) for four years,” Cortes wrote in the suit. The person may legally work here and gains “a potential route to permanent residency.” The program is capped at 10,000 people a year, which has led to backlogs since 2010, according to the suit.