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HR 3814 114th Congress House Immigration Foreign labor Immigration status and procedures Refugees, asylum, displaced persons

Asylum Seeker Work Authorization Act of 2015

Introduced: October 22, 2015 Introduced by: Pingree, Chellie Democratic · Maine See on congress.gov
 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Became law
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
 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.

What's happening now November 23, 2015

Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.

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