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It sounds like your Dad was a crew member, so that can complicate his ability to obtain a green card. However he has been here for a loonnnnnng time. So that means he may have some relief under one of the older laws. For example did any family or employer ever file anything for him before April 30, 2001? Has he been the victim of a crime and assisted the police? He may also have an asylum claim based on changed circumstances in Syria now. You really need to obtain a very good immigration attorney to analyze and then handle your dad's case. A good place to start is AILA.org or the local chapter of your state's legal bar.

You might be able to get a refugee status if you try to seek it with the nearest US consulate or embassy. If you are able to come here on a visa, you will have one year from the date you arrived to file for asylum. Either way, you should preserve as much evidence as you can of what you wrote. If threats are made, write them down, who said what and when. If you get nasty threatening messages online or on paper, save them. If you have a police report of your complaint - keep it. Also, if you have any evidence that police will not protect you, preserve all that. Your story, while may be found credible, should still be supported by as much paper evidence as possible. IF you are being persecuted on the basis of your political opinion, and if your own country's police is unable or unwilling to protect you, you should qualify for a refugee status. But the burden of proof that what you say is true is on you, and you have to present as much evidence of these facts as you possibly can. In these cases, there is often just not enough evidence because people to do think that saving all those threatening letters is important, for example. I hope this helps. Good luck!