NEW ORLEANS — Vilma Palacios has been held at the Basile, Louisiana detention center since June, even though she says she was in the process of renewing her work permit. “I told him 'why am I under ...

The line stretches down the block before the sun rises in Los Angeles, made up of immigrants seeking help to renew their work permits under a program that has shielded them from deportation but is now ...

Dario Romero, right, greets a customer in this August 2025 photo at his Venezuelan restaurant in Kissimmee, Fla. He says the restaurant has recently struggled to fill job openings and business is down ...

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Are you renewing your permit to legally work in the United States? Here’s what’s changing in 2025. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced a key measure on Tuesday that will benefit both ...

The Donald Trump administration has come up with a new rule for migrant workers that will impact their stay and authorization to work in the country. This will end a Biden administration practice that ...

The move is only the most recent initiative in the government’s efforts to discourage or prevent foreign nationals from taking jobs that President Donald Trump says he wants to keep open for U.S.

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is reversing a Biden-era policy that automatically extended work permits for migrants by roughly a year and a half, citing national security concerns. Department ...