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Clark, Pressley, Warren, MA Lawmakers Urge Admin to Streamline Work Authorizations for New Arrivals Paroled into the United States

Press Release

Date: Aug. 1, 2023
Location: Boston, MA
Issues: Employment and Affirmative Action Immigration

"Over the past year, the Biden administration has increased the number of vulnerable noncitizens eligible to enter the United States under various humanitarian parole programs. Massachusetts is welcoming many of these new arrivals with open arms. But stakeholders across the state -- from local governments to housing nonprofits to legal aid groups -- are being stretched to capacity as they work tirelessly to meet the needs of immigrant families that are left housing insecure because they cannot work legally and support themselves during their periods of parole."

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"Massachusetts will continue to welcome and assist new arrivals as they resettle across the Commonwealth. The federal government can help relieve the strain on available resources in the Commonwealth by removing obstacles new arrivals face when trying to work legally. We urge the Administration to use its broad authority to streamline and expedite the processing of work authorization requests for new arrivals."


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