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Feds end the automatic renewals of most immigrants’ work permits The new policy will go into effect Oct. 30, and will apply to people applying for renewals in the future.

“You can’t really say to your employer, 'I’m out for three weeks while I wait.’ The result is probably gonna be, 'yeah, we have to let you go,'” said Matthew Maiona, a Boston-based immigration attorney.

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And this in a country that prized privacy and never wanted to have a national ID card.

Not only will this be damaging to the workers, but it will not be much fun for the employers, either.

New rule prioritizes vetting, screening to protect public safety, national security WASHINGTON – The Department of Homeland Security has announced an interim final rule ending the practice of automatically extending employment authorization documents for aliens filing renewal applications in certain employment authorization categories. With this rule, DHS prioritizes the proper screening and vetting of aliens before extending the validity of their employment authorizations. Aliens who file to renew their EAD on or after Oct. 30, 2025, will no longer receive an automatic extension of their EAD. There are limited exceptions to this rule, including extensions provided by law or through a Federal Register notice for TPS-related employment documentation. Ending automatic extensions of EADs results in more frequent vetting of aliens who apply for employment authorization to work in the United States. Reviewing an alien’s background more often will enable U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) to deter fraud and detect aliens with potentially harmful intent so they can be processed for removal from the United States. “USCIS is placing a renewed emphasis on robust alien screening and vetting, eliminating policies the former administration implemented that prioritized aliens’ convenience ahead of Americans’ safety and security,” said USCIS Director Joseph Edlow. “It’s a commonsense measure to ensure appropriate vetting and screening has been completed before an alien’s employment authorization or documentation is extended. All aliens must remember that working in the United States is a privilege, not a right.” USCIS recommends aliens seek a timely renewal of their EAD by properly filing a renewal application up to 180 days before their EAD expires. The longer an alien waits to file an EAD renewal application, the more likely it is that they may experience a temporary lapse in their employment authorization or documentation.

USCIS ends all automatic extensions of EADs

Serious ecumenism: Cubs fan visits White Sox fan.

Resettling refugees is the right thing to do—and it’s good for our country. “In 2019, 13% of refugees in the U.S. were entrepreneurs, surpassing the 11.7% rate among non-refugee immigrants and the 9% rate among U.S.-born citizens.” americasvoice.org/blog/world-r... #RefugeesWelcome

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Noem's South Dakota neighbors hit with an immigration audit that decimates their workforce • South Dakota Searchlight Dairy farm audits in South Dakota under the Trump administration’s escalated immigration enforcement efforts have “created unrest."

"The names on the list included some of Dorothy Elliott’s best employees: hardworking, reliable, honest. Most had been working at Drumgoon Dairy for years. Some worked there for nearly two decades, playing a role in the operation’s expansion and success." https://bit.ly/4mVFfCZ

YouTube video by Saint Cecilia Parish Twenty-eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time - 10/12/2025

Worth checking out Saint Cecilia online www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZkuO...

Looking good.

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Foreseeable.

Three African nations rebuff U.S. effort to deport Kilmar Abrego García Eswatini, Uganda and Ghana have declined to accept Abrego, an immigrant from El Salvador whom the Trump administration illegally deported to his native country.

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@misscherryjones.bsky.social Ecumenical Patriarch inviting Pope Leo to commemorate Council of Nicaea together. ec-patr.org/en/visit-of-...

A lesser person would not have thought of that. You are a star.

Immigrants and Americans pay USCIS for services. It has nothing to do with Congress. So what the USCIS director is saying is that he will steal those fees and spend them on other stuff so that people get mad at Democrats. He should be impeached. This is fraud.

Good point.

US veterans are standing up for Afghan asylum seekers - The Boston Globe When the military was in Afghanistan, loyal Afghans helped them get the job done. Now Navy veteran Shawn VanDiver is rallying volunteer Battle Buddies to show up for them in immigration court.

Veterans support Afghan asylum seekers www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/08/o...

Scapegoating immigrants won’t shorten your ER wait - The Boston Globe Providing health care to a patient in extremis is not an immigration loophole, no matter how much the vice president insists otherwise.

Listen to @jeffjacoby.bsky.social when he speaks. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/07/o...

“Why Sergio?”: Deportation ends 36-year dream for celebrated Waco chef Sergio Garcia built a wide following for his regional Mexican cuisine over the decades, becoming a favorite of the White House press corps visiting Waco during the Bush presidency. Then in March, ICE ...

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"Sorry, you can't hire that cardiologist."

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The fact is that undocumented workers actually pay _into_ federal programs that they can't access. In 2022, undocumented immigrants paid $25.7 billion in Social Security taxes and $6.4 billion in Medicare taxes: americasvoice.org/blog/on-tax-...

Yikes

You are so right. All foreseeable.

Your Wallet Is Taking A Hit This Year. Blame Mass Deportation The rapid growth in daily expenses for working Americans has been fueled in part by the administration’s cruel and chaotic mass detention and deportation agenda.

Groceries costing more? It’s not just inflation.

"You can blame the admin's chaotic and destructive policies for the pain in your wallet," writes @tusk81.bsky.social

These mass deportation raids are gutting the farmworker workforce, leaving crops unharvested, and prices soaring.

This is a fundamental point that 99% of higher-ed coverage, and 100% of immig coverage, have missed.