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S 3048 116th Congress Senate Immigration Foreign labor Immigration status and procedures Refugees, asylum, displaced persons

Asylum Seeker Work Authorization Act of 2019

Introduced: December 12, 2019 Introduced by: Collins, Susan M. Republican · Maine See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S7030)
Dec 12, 2019
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Asylum Seeker Work Authorization Act of 2019

This bill directs the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to provide employment authorization for eligible asylum applicants. Currently, such individuals are not entitled to employment authorization but may be granted such by the Department of Justice.

DHS shall grant employment authorization to an asylum seeker (1) who is not in detention, (2) whose application for asylum has not been deemed frivolous, and (3) whose identity has been checked against certain databases. Such employment authorization shall last for one year and be renewable for one-year terms during the period necessary to adjudicate the applicant's asylum claim.

The bill also shortens the waiting period for receiving employment authorization to 30 days from the filing of the asylum application.

What's happening now December 12, 2019

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S7030)

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