Gov. Kathy Hochul says there are 32,000 jobs ready and waiting for the immigrants who have flooded New York in recent months — but an apparent bottleneck in the federal work permit approval process ...

McALLEN, Texas (Border Report) — Reports that the Trump administration might significantly change work eligibility rules is worrying asylum-seekers, migrant legal advocates tell Border Report. CBS ...

CHICAGO (CBS) – The number of migrants in Chicago who have been approved for temporary protective status and a work permit is growing. The City of Chicago began a partnership on Nov. 9 with the ...

The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) on Tuesday announced a new measure that drastically reduces the waiting period for refugees to receive work authorization in the United States, ...

EAST MOLINE, Ill. — On the second day of the federal government shutdown, Akwaaba QC is helping dozens of asylum seekers take the next step in their lives — applying for work permits to become legal ...

A small fraction of recently arrived migrants have been approved for the documents they need to start working, according to a CBS-2 review of internal city data. But not everyone is eligible in the ...