Immigrant Advocates Push Work Permit Fix as Deadlines Near (1)

Tens of thousands of immigrants working in jobs like health care, construction, and delivery risk losing their employment authorization in a matter of weeks without Biden administration action on massive backlogs for work permit renewals, advocates and local government leaders are warning.

They’re asking US Citizenship and Immigration Services to re-issue a measure it adopted two years ago extending the work eligibility period for those with pending renewals or to go even further to reduce persistent backlogs at the agency.

The government is currently taking about 16 months to process those work permit renewals, said Leidy Perez, policy director at ...