A new rule enacted by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services significantly shortens the length of time immigrants have a work permit before it expires.
The change applies to asylum seekers, refugees and other immigrants with legal status in the U.S. Normally, work permits last for as long as five years. But, under the new rule, that time frame is shortened to just 18 months.
Citizenship and Immigration Services says the change is needed to ensure immigrants are not a public safety threat or harbor "anti-American ideologies."
The change takes effect immediately and comes amid a flurry of other immigration shifts enacted in the last few weeks — including a total halt on asylum applications.
The Trump administration says the changes are in response to a DC shooting in which an Afghan national who worked with U.S. forces is accused of killing a National Guard soldier and wounding another.
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