Cuccinelli curtailing work permits for those with pending asylum cases

By Anna Giaritelli, Steven Nelson

Published June 26, 2019 4:22am ET

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Ken Cuccinelli, the new leader of the agency that processes asylum cases, is moving to curtail work permits for people whose asylum claims are pending.

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Cuccinelli, installed just two weeks ago as acting director of the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services to the applause of immigration hawks, is also stepping up the process of weeding out “fraudulent” asylum applicants.

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