The Northwest Immigrant Rights Project and the National Immigration Litigation Alliance released a practice alert on the final settlement agreement in Garcia Perez v. USCIS, effective September 26, 2024. The alert notes that in that case, four asylum seekers challenged the policies and practices of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) and the Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) that prevented asylum seekers from obtaining work authorization while their asylum claims were pending.
The alert provides information about the terms of the settlement agreement and policy changes that USCIS and EOIR implemented after the lawsuit was filed. EOIR said it would publish guidance on its website reflecting the updated policies.
