Advocates say the proposal is the federal government’s way of discouraging people from seeking asylum in the country, while ...
California Attorney General Bonta last week led a multistate comment letter opposing the U.S. Department of Homeland Security ...
Human Rights First submits this comment in opposition to the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) titled “Employment Authorization Reform for Asylum Applicants.
On Feb. 20, 2026, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced a proposed rule intended to strengthen screening of asylum seekers and reduce what it characterizes as fraudulent or meritless ...
AG Kwame Raoul leads 20 attorneys general opposing DHS rule blocking asylum seekers' work authorization, highlighting economic and humanitarian harms in Illinois and 19 U ...
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 Friday, in what ...
If this change occurs, it will affect everyone,” said Rachel Avila, an immigration attorney at Northwest Immigrant Rights ...
DHS says it could pause work permits until a case backlog of ‘between 14 and 173 years’ is cleared.
The Trump administration has proposed a rule that could effectively end work authorization for most asylum-seekers, tying eligibility to processing times that far exceed legal limits. The measure ...