Normally, dependent visa holders whose spouses are killed can be deported.
The scheme is available to citizens and permanent humanitarian visa holders.
The government still does not have a workable system for monitoring whether visa holders actually leave when their visas run out.
A resident visa holder may also be subject to other 'conditions' depending on the residence category they applied under.
By the same token, H-1B visa holders who still hold jobs say they have very little work to do in this time of cost-cutting.
The department also found that about 19 percent of visa holders were not being paid wages to which they were legally entitled.
Granting temporary visa holders meaningful rights is also important to low-skilled American workers.
Not just from poorer countries: we get a large number of visa holders and immigrants from wealthy nations.
The law called for the development of an automated system to record the departure of all visa holders.
High-skilled visa holders can extend for another three years before they must return home.