By Ted Hesson WASHINGTON, Feb 20 (Reuters) - Work permits for asylum applicants could be paused for 'many years' under a ...

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

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

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.

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

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 ...