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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 See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
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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 July 30, 2015

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 3814 Identical bill Asylum Seeker Work Authorization Act of 2015
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1899: Asylum Seeker Work Authorization Act of 2015. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-1899/
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"S. 1899: Asylum Seeker Work Authorization Act of 2015." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-1899/.
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