Trump Administration Officials Are Proposing To Double The Time Asylum-Seekers Must Wait To Legally Work
US immigration officials are pushing a proposal to significantly increase the amount of time asylum-seekers must wait to obtain a work permit for legal employment in the US, sources close to the administration said Wednesday.
“It doesn’t make any sense. If you’re going to say to a person that they will be considered for asylum and they have to wait, how are they going to feed themselves?” said Ur Jaddou, former chief counsel for USCIS.
An asylum-seeker rests while he waits in Tijuana for his turn to present himself to US border authorities to request asylum.
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