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

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.

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

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