Blanche v. Lau · ¶64

As several amici explain, having only a temporary green card makes it harder to work, open bank accounts, secure housing, obtain health insurance, and enroll in school. Brief for Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund et al. as Amici Curiae 14. For example, the Government instructs employers to treat I–94s with I–551 stamps (like the card Lau received) as short-term “receipts” of authorization to work rather than proof of permanent status. That receipt is valid for only “1 year after the issuance date if the stamp does not contain an expiration date.” After that, the LPR is required to “provide their permanent resident card.” So an LPR in Lau's position could lose his ability to work within a year of being paroled, and without the security of a permanent green card, could then face the downstream consequences of being unemployed and unemployable for however long the legal limbo…

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