Biden fast-tracks work authorization for migrants who cross legally

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https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2023/12/31/biden-work-permits-for-migrants/71931816007/

 

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services recently set up a pre-registration program – pioneered in Brownsville, Texas, and replicated in El Paso and San Ysidro, California – to more quickly process work permits for migrants who present at the border using the CBP One app appointment system, operated by U.S. Customs and Border Protection.

Two months later, USCIS has made steady progress, the agency told USA TODAY. The median processing time for CBP One-associated work permits is approximately 30 days. Previously, migrants reported waiting four or more months from the date they applied.

The agency is also providing on-the-ground work permit registrations in New York City, Chicago, Boston and Denver – resulting in nearly 5,000 work permits, USCIS said. It's a fraction of the 1,450 individuals per day, nearly 45,000 a month, who are processed via CBP One appointments at ports of entry from California to Texas.

 

Unclear when this will be rolled out to other PoEs and other bases of entry. Of course there was a time when you could get a stamp that acted as a temp EAD, I think they stopped doing that about 20 years ago.

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Unbelievable...30 days while other legal applicants wait 3 to 8 months......

Edited January 1 by Crazy Cat

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15 hours ago, Crazy Cat said:

Unbelievable...30 days while other legal applicants wait 3 to 8 months......

People get what they deserve, when they vote.