The Trump administration on Friday formally proposed a regulation that would dramatically restrict work permits for ...

The Donald Trump administration Friday announced a sweeping overhaul of the asylum system to reduce the burden of meritless applications. Work permits.

The new DHS proposal would pause processing of work permits for all new asylum applicants until average processing times for ...

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

DHS will accept public comment on the measure for 60 days after it formally publishes in the Federal Register on Monday.

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

The Donald Trump administration has proposed sweeping changes to the US asylum system, including delaying or suspending work permits for applicants.

Officials pointed to the scale of pending cases to justify the proposed changes. The United States Citizenship and ...

Under the new framework, asylum seekers would be unable to obtain work permits until specific processing benchmarks are met.

The US department of homeland security (DHS) has proposed a plan to obstruct asylum seekers from obtaining work authorisations.

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 ...