Hundreds Of Immigrants Are Losing Their Jobs Because Of A Federal Government Screwup

Hundreds of undocumented immigrants who were granted the ability to work under a 2012 executive action are being forced to quit their jobs as the federal government fails to renew their work authorization applications on time.

In early August, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services — the federal agency that handles work authorization for undocumented immigrants who qualify for President Obama’s Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) initiative — announced that immigrants may experience delays that prevent them from receiving renewed work authorization cards before they expire....
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