Posted on 02/22/2026 9:07:23 PM PST by SeekAndFind
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is proposing an “overhaul” of the asylum process, according to a Friday announcement.
The proposed 220-page rule, which is likely to face legal challenges, aims to reduce the number of immigrants filing fraudulent asylum claims for work authorizations in order to better focus on security checks.
It also intends to cut back processing times and the massive backlog of pending claims, according to a statement.
If finalized, the rule would be among the most sweeping changes to the asylum system and work authorization process in decades.
“We are proposing an overhaul of the asylum system to enforce the rules and reduce the backlog we inherited from the prior administration,” a DHS spokesperson said.
“Aliens are not entitled to work while we process their asylum applications.”
Employment authorizations would be paused until processing times for asylum applications reach 180 days or lower, according to the proposal.
DHS said based on current wait times, it could take between 14 and 173 years to reach that 180 day or lower level to resume issuing work permits.
The proposal also would create more restrictive criteria for asylum-based work permits and bar illegal immigrants from receiving new permits or renewing existing ones.
“For too long, a fraudulent asylum claim has been an easy path to working in the United States, overwhelming our immigration system with meritless applications,” a DHS spokesperson said.
More than 17 million individuals applied for asylum in the United States between 2021 and 2024.
According to the proposal, an exception would exist for individuals who entered the United States illegally out of fear of persecution, torture, or another urgent reason but notified American authorities within 48 hours of crossing the border.
Long wait times on asylum applications have resulted in historic highs for employment authorization applications.
The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services reports more than 1.4 million pending asylum claims, which is equal to the population of New Hampshire, the news release said.
DHS’s proposed rule falls in line with President Donald Trump’s executive order, Protecting the American People Against Invasion, signed on his first day back in office a year ago.
“Over the last 4 years, the prior administration invited, administered, and oversaw an unprecedented flood of illegal immigration into the United States,” his order read.
Several Biden-era executive orders on immigration were revoked by Trump’s directive, becoming the first of his actions of his second term to make good on his 2024 presidential campaign promise of launching the largest deportation operation in American history.
Finalizing DHS’s new proposal on the asylum system could take months or years. Public comment will be accepted on the rule for 60 days after the agency formally publishes it in the Federal Register on Monday.
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Biden/Dems/libs made the whole damn system a scam.
It’s hard to think what they *don’t* scam.
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