Certain categories of non-citizens working in the United States will be screened and vetted every 18 months as opposed to every five years, according to a Dec. 4 statement by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS).
The federal agency’s policy change will shorten the period of time that refugees, asylees, and other non-citizens can work in the United States before they have to be screened again to renew their work permit.
“Reducing the maximum validity period for employment authorization will ensure that those seeking to work in the United States do not threaten public safety or promote harmful anti-American ideologies,” said USCIS Director Joseph Edlow in the statement. …