HR 3814
114th Congress
House
Immigration
Foreign labor
Immigration status and procedures
Refugees, asylum, displaced persons
Asylum Seeker Work Authorization Act of 2015
Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
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
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
Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
Committees of jurisdiction
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