S 1899
114th Congress
Senate
Immigration
Foreign labor
Immigration status and procedures
Refugees, asylum, displaced persons
Asylum Seeker Work Authorization Act of 2015
Introduced: July 30, 2015
Introduced by:
King, Angus S., Jr.
Independent
· Maine
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Introduced
In committee
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jul 30, 2015
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Jul 30, 2015
Introduced in Senate
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
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Committees of jurisdiction
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