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HR 3814 114th Congress House

Asylum Seeker Work Authorization Act of 2015

Official title: To permit aliens seeking asylum to be eligible for employment in the United States and for other purposes.

Introduced: October 22, 2015 Introduced by: Pingree, Chellie Democratic · Maine See on congress.gov
Immigration Foreign laborImmigration status and proceduresRefugees, asylum, displaced persons
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Nov 23, 2015
Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
Oct 22, 2015
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Oct 22, 2015
Introduced in House
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 Latest action November 23, 2015

Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Asylum Seeker Work Authorization Act of 2015

This bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to direct the Department of Homeland Security to authorize employment for an asylum applicant who is not in detention and whose asylum application has not been determined to be frivolous.

Employment authorization shall be: (1) for a period of one year, and (2) renewable for additional one-year periods for the entire period necessary to adjudicate the applicant's asylum claim.

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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3814: Asylum Seeker Work Authorization Act of 2015. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-3814/
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"H.R. 3814: Asylum Seeker Work Authorization Act of 2015." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-3814/.
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H.R. 3814, 114th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-3814/.
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