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Main Subject: Immigration

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.

HR2813-116, HR5210-116, S2936-116,

Senate Actions

IntroReferral
Dec. 12 2019	Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S7030)

Library of Congress Actions

IntroReferral
Dec. 12 2019	Introduced in Senate

Senate bill S3048-116

A bill to authorize certain aliens seeking asylum to be employed in the United States while their applications are being adjudicated.

Senate bill S3048-116

A bill to authorize certain aliens seeking asylum to be employed in the United States while their applications are being adjudicated.

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