Under the draft rule, work permits, officially known as Employment Authorization Documents, would be withheld until average asylum processing times fall below 180 days.

Migrants from Haiti stand in line outside the Mexican Commission for Refugee Aid (COMAR) government office to apply for asylum in Mexico City, Tuesday, Jan.

A government agency says that, under the plan, new work permit applications for asylum seekers 'would be paused for an ...

DHS' new proposal recommends changes to US work permits to target meritless applications, processing times and backlog.

The proposed rule seeks to reduce incentives for migrants to file asylum applications to gain legal work authorization.

Immigration attorneys in Minnesota say the federal government’s pause on asylum processing is worsening an already overwhelmed system and leaving thousands of people in legal limbo for years. They ...

By Ted Hesson WASHINGTON, Feb 20 (Reuters) - Work permits for asylum applicants could be paused for 'many years' under a proposed rule published by U.S. President Donald Trump's administration on ...

SAN DIEGO — Two San Diego legal-service providers and 11 foreign nationals who wish to seek asylum in the United States filed a federal lawsuit this week in San Diego arguing the Trump administration ...