In the final weeks of President Joe Biden's administration, Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas announced that he would provide jobs to newly arrived immigrants with work permits.
Mayorkas on Tuesday announced a final rule from U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) that would extend work permits for up to 540 years to millions of immigrants, many of whom were released into the U.S. interior by the Biden administration. The content now allows the retention of certificates. Days of seeking rebirth.
Previously, immigrants could renew their work permits for 180 days. Democratic mayors have been lobbying DHS for years to extend these automatic employment permits for immigrants. This rule goes into effect on January 13, 2025.
Mayorkas said in a statement that the move is aimed at helping “companies fill” U.S. jobs with more immigrants.
By extending the automatic extension period for certain employment authorization documents, we can eliminate red tape that burdens employers.ensuring that hundreds of thousands of employment-eligible individuals can continue to contribute to their communities and further strengthen our nation's robust economy. [Emphasis added]
Similarly, USCIS Director Ur Jadu said the rule “will help U.S. employers better retain workers and help prevent timely worker filing.” [work permit] Employment permits and employment authorization documents may not expire through no fault of the renewal applicant. ”
At a hearing last week, Immigration Subcommittee Chairman Tom McClintock (R-Calif.) scolded Mr. Jadu for the rule, saying inflation continues to outpace U.S. wages and foreign workers He pointed out that Japan is accounting for almost all of the domestic employment growth.
“We have learned that the agency intends to extend temporary work permits from 180 days to 540 days,” McClintock said. “If anyone wonders why real wages for working families have declined under this administration, just look at the government agencies we have before us today.”
In fact, while more than 1 million foreign-born workers secured American jobs last year, nearly 800,000 native-born Americans left the workforce.
In July, a Pew Research Center study found that more than 30 million legal immigrants and undocumented immigrants will have jobs in the United States in 2022, an increase of 20 percent over the past 15 years. .
Over the same period, the number of U.S.-born Americans added to the labor force increased by less than 10 percent.
John Binder is a reporter for Breitbart News. Please email jbinder@breitbart.com. Follow him on Twitter here.
