Unfulfilled Biden promise leaves asylum-seekers trapped without work

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Major delays in the Biden administration’s issuing of work permit renewal documents to asylum-seekers in the United States have cost thousands their jobs, homes, and cars, according to an immigrant advocacy organization.

President Joe Biden came into office promising to reform the asylum system but has done nothing to rectify the situation despite the enormous cost that the hold-ups in the bureaucratic process have imposed on those who applied for refuge in the U.S. and are legally residing here.
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