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305 ILCS 5/2-19

    (305 ILCS 5/2-19)
    Sec. 2-19. Foreign-born victims of trafficking, torture, or other serious crimes. "Foreign-born victim of trafficking, torture, or other serious crimes" means a person who is:
        (1) a non-citizen victim of a severe form of

trafficking in persons who has been subjected to an act or practice described in Section 7102 of Title 22 of the United States Code or Section 10-9 of the  Criminal Code of 2012;

(2) a non-citizen victim of an act or practice

described in Section 1101(a)(15)(U)(iii) of Title 8 of the United States Code; or

(3) a non-citizen who has a well-founded fear of

persecution on account of race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group, or political opinion as set forth in Section 1101(a)(42)(A) of Title 8 of the United States Code.

(Source: P.A. 99-870, eff. 8-22-16.)