Asylum applicants may be forced to wait 18 months to apply to work legally in the U.S. under the new rule.

DHS proposes new rules to restrict work permits for asylum seekers, aiming to curb fraudulent claims and reduce the 1.4M ...

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 certain asylum applications reach 180 days or lower.