1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Working for Immigrant Safety and Empowerment Act of 2023 or as the WISE Act of 2023 . 2. Purpose; sense of Congress (a) Purpose The purpose of this Act is to remove barriers to immigration status for non-citizen survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, human trafficking, and other crimes who may be eligible for protections under the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 (VAWA) and the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (TVPA) and other vulnerable immigrants. (b) Sense of Congress It is the sense of Congress that the Secretary of Homeland Security should reduce barriers to, and provide victims timely access to the immigration protections such as those created in VAWA and the TVPA, as well as refrain from deporting crime victims before their applications for humanitarian relief are fully adjudicated, as it undermines critical bi-partisan protections created in VAWA and the TVPA. 3. U visa reform (a) Physical or mental abuse Section 101(a)(15)(U)(i)(I) of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(U)(i)(I) ) is amended by striking the semicolon after criminal activity described in clause (iii) and inserting the following: or civil violations described in clause (iv); and . (b) Removal of certain bases Section 101(a)(15)(U)(i) of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(U)(i) ) is amended by striking subclauses (II) and (III). (c) Inclusion of civil violations Section 101(a)(15)(U)(i)(IV) of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(U)(i)(IV) ) is amended— (1) by striking (IV) and inserting (II) ; and (2) by inserting after criminal activity described in clause (iii) the following: or civil violations described in clause (iv) . (d) Civil violations described Section 101(a)(15)(U)) of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(U) ) is amended— (1) in clause (ii)(II), by striking and at the end; (2) in clause (iii), by striking or at the end and inserting and