A new government memo requiring migrants who apply for asylum at a port of entry to remain in Mexico while their cases are processed no longer includes language that says migrants would get a work permit from the Mexican government.

On Dec. 20, Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen announced the U.S. would implement the migration protection protocols, which state those who wish to apply for asylum would have to remain in Mexico for months, even up to a year, while the case moved through the system.

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