Attorney General Raoul Opposes Trump Administration's New Rule Putting Illinois Workers At Risk Of Losing Their Jobs

CHICAGO – Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul, as part of a coalition of 16 attorneys general, submitted comments opposing the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) interim final rule that eliminates the automatic extension of Employment Authorization Documents (EADs) for up to 540 days for eligible workers who filed timely renewal applications. Now, immigrant workers, including refugees, asylees, and others who have already been vetted to work legally in the United States, may face a gap in their employment authorization – and lose their jobs – because DHS cannot process the renewal application in a timely manner.“This change will punish workers who have followed all of the rules simply because the Department of Homeland Security has a backlog of renewal applications,” Raoul said