Lawsuit Challenges USCIS Work Permit Extension Policy

Tue, 21 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000

A lawsuit has been filed against the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) challenging its recent policy that eliminates automatic extensions of work permits for immigrants with pending renewal applications. The complaint, brought forth by Public Citizen Litigation Group and the Asylum Seeker Advocacy Project, argues that an interim final rule issued last October violated notice requirements under the Administrative Procedure Act and failed to consider the negative impacts of removing the grace period.

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Lawsuit Challenges USCIS Work Permit Extension Policy