Washington, D.C. – Na wah! E be like say Trump don come back with another wahala for immigrants as him administration just announce new policy wey go affect work permits for those wey dey find asylum.
Under dis new policy wey dem reveal on Thursday, work permits wey dey valid for immigrants wey apply for asylum go now last for only 18 months instead of the previous five years. Abeg, wetin be dis? (Talk true, who go need extra stress for this country wey don already get enough gidi-gba?)
Joe Edlow, Director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), talk say di change go give dem chance to re-vet di applicants more often. Na wetin dem dey call ‘better security,’ but we sabi say e fit just be another way to dey frustrate people wey don dey find better life for America. (E don clear say dem go wahala pass wey dey happen for their country.)
Dis policy come after one shooting incident wey happen last week for Washington, where two National Guard members catch fire from wahala wey dem say na an Afghan man carry out. Trump don use di case waka for social media to justify say dem need to tighten di screws on legal immigration like say na dem be bad boys.
“USCIS must enforce more frequent vetting of aliens,” Edlow yan. Di former president don dey push for something wey dem go call ‘reverse migration’ for carring people wey dem say na from ‘Third World Countries’ back to their respective countries. (Chai! Wetin concern dem with all dis heavy words?)
But no be only dem go feel di impact of this new policy; plenty people wey dey look for work, especially for industries like meatpacking, don depend on legal work authorizations wey dey linked to asylum applications. And if dis policy take effect true true, e fit affect over a hundred thousand people wey no even sabi wetin dey happen.
Afghanistan dey among di countries wey Trump don already talk say e wan ban migration from. Di previous Biden administration don encourage longer expiration dates for work permits, but e be like say di new policy don turn di table upside down again.
Conchita Cruz, co-executive director of di Asylum Seeker Advocacy Project, don comment say: “Shortening di validity period of work permits na bad idea, e go make backlogs dey grow and force asylum seekers to come out of di workforce.” (Hot gist, right?)
Dey plan wey Trump dey hatch go involve more travel bans and vex di immigration process more, just as dem dey wok on increasing scrutiny for those wey don already get approval from di previous administration.
Dem don push for comprehensive re-review for approval wey don dey granted since Biden come office, meaning more wahala for those people wey no even do anything wrong. (E be like say dem don turn dem life to a reality show wey we no dey watch!)
As e be now, plenty questions dey in di air. How many more restrictions e go dey? Wetin go happen to di people wey don already settle for America? This na only di beginning, my people, and we dey watch carefully as di drama dey unfold.
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