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Work Authorization
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Employer Law Report
Immigration settlement allows thousands of foreign workers to get back to work
On Aug. 21, 2020, Chief Judge Algenon Marbley of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio ordered the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) to permit…
COVID-19 Workplace Law Advisor
I-9 Interim Rule Allows Approved Foreign Nationals to Begin Working
By Amy L. Peck, Michael H. Neifach
USCIS is in the process of entering a Consent Order to produce, on a specific schedule, Employment Authorization Document (EAD) cards for those 75,000 foreign nationals who have approved employment…
COVID-19 Workplace Law Advisor
USCIS to Resume Issuing EADs, But Face Backlog
USCIS may be close to negotiating an agreement that would mean EADs for thousands of foreign nationals with approved applications will finally start to be produced. Yet, first-time EAD applicants…
Immigration View
Form I-9 Update: Employees Can Use Form I-797 Due To COVID-19 EAD Production Delays
By Ali Brodie
The production of certain Employment Authorization Documents (EAD) have been delayed due to to COVID-19. Today, USCIS announced that due to these production delays, employees may use Form I-797, Notice…
Immigration Blog
Finally, EADs Appear Headed to Foreign Nationals with Approved Applications
By Amy L. Peck
Assuming there is no further stalling or litigation by the government, Employment Authorization Documents (EADs) may finally be on their way to approximately 75,000 foreign nationals who have been waiting…
COVID-19 Workplace Law Advisor
Finally, EADs Appear Headed to Foreign Nationals with Approved Applications
By Amy L. Peck
Assuming there is no further stalling or litigation by the government, Employment Authorization Documents (EADs) may finally be on their way to approximately 75,000 foreign nationals who have been waiting…
For Good
DHS Rules Effective August 2020 Will Push Asylum Seekers Further into Poverty and Marginalization
By Erin Meyer, Angela Gichinga
In late June 2020, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced two regulatory changes intended to deprive asylum applicants of the ability to work lawfully in the United States while…
The Asylumist
Where’s My Green Card? Where’s My Work Permit?
By Jason Dzubow
What do you think would happen if a client came to my office (virtually), hired me, paid me money to file a case, and then I did not file the…
The Asylumist
New (and Awful) Restrictions on Work Permits for Asylum Seekers
By Jason Dzubow
Let’s say I give you a million dollars (which I can easily do, given my lucrative earnings as an asylum lawyer). Let’s also say I put that money on the…
ImmigrationProf Blog
USCIS Rule Strengthens Employment Eligibility Requirements (i.e. Restricts Work Authorization) for Asylum Seekers
In the time of the coronavirus, the Trump administration is making many aggressive immigration policy changes. Besides the Presidential Proclamation extending the suspension of certain visas until the end of…