Daily Document Update: HR Compliance Library, ¶46,307, USCIS policy guidance names discretionary factors considered in parolee employment authorization — AGENCY GUIDANCE, (Aug. 22, 2019)

摘要

On August 19, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) issued a policy alert that addresses theagency’ discretion to grant employment authorization to foreign nationals who are paroled into the United States,including those who are otherwise inadmissible. The policy alert pertains to USCIS Policy Manual, Volume 10:Employment Authorization, Part B, Specific Categories, Chapter 2, Parolees [10 USCIS-PM B.2].Programs within discretionary authority.USCIS explained that the agency is taking action to strengthenaffected programs, such as parole, within its discretionary authority. Through this policy update, USCISis providing adjudicators with guidance specific to parole-based employment authorization focusing onofficers’ discretion and responsibility to grant employment authorization only after careful consideration of allrelevant factors on a case-by-case basis. The policy update aligns USCIS’ guidelines for issuing discretionaryemployment authorization based on parole with current immigration enforcement priorities, according to theagency.