Newsletter Week of September 4
USCIS Reminds Parolees and Asylees that They May be Eligible to Apply for Employment Authorization
USCIS published a reminder for parolees and asylees that are likely eligible to apply for an employment authorization document (EAD) to legally work in the United States if they were recently paroled into the United States and that parole remains valid or have applied for asylum and that application has been pending for at least 150 days.
US immigration uses fake social media profiles across investigations
US immigration officials sought to expand their abilities to monitor and surveil social media activity and allowed officers to create and use fake social media profiles in a wide range of operations, including covertly researching the online presence of people seeking immigration benefits, new documents show. Authorities within several Department of Homeland Security (DHS) immigration agencies, including Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), have repeatedly discussed using “aliases”, or undercover online accounts for investigations, according to records obtained through an open records request by the civil rights non-profit Brennan Center for Justice.
New York's Democratic mayor and the Biden administration are fighting over what to do about a surge of migrants
More than 58,000 asylum-seekers now in the New York City’s care, as the Biden administration resists a quick fix proposed by the state and city. Many migrants, some of them shipped to New York by Republican governors to the south, have been sleeping on the streets after existing hotels and shelters reached capacity, and they are starting to fill new shelters converted from houses of worship and schools. Opponents of the new migrant shelters rallied this week at protests in Brooklyn, Staten Island and Queens. Mayor Eric Adams, a Democrat, has repeatedly blamed the Biden administration for not giving the city more resources to house the migrants and fast-track them for work authorization.
