Asylum Seeker Work Authorization Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-2813
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Pingree, Chellie [D-ME-1]
Introduced: 2019-05-16
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Foreign labor

Immigration status and procedures

Refugees, asylum, displaced persons
Latest action: action_date: 2019-06-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.

Summaries:
action_date: 2019-05-16
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Asylum Seeker Work Authorization Act of 2019</b></p> <p>This bill directs the Department of Homeland Security 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.</p> <p>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.</p> <p>The bill also shortens the waiting period for receiving employment authorization to 30 days from the filing of the asylum application.</p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2813 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 16, 2019 Ms. Pingree (for herself, Ms. Jayapal , Ms. Omar , Mr. McGovern , and Ms. Ocasio-Cortez ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To permit aliens seeking asylum to be eligible for employment in the United States and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Asylum Seeker Work Authorization Act of 2019 . 2. Employment authorization for aliens seeking asylum Paragraph (2) of section 208(d) of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1158(d) ) is amended to read as follows: (2) Employment authorization (A) Eligibility The Secretary of Homeland Security shall authorize employment for an applicant for asylum who is not in detention and whose application for asylum has not been determined frivolous. (B) Application An applicant for asylum who is not otherwise eligible for employment authorization shall not be granted such authorization prior to 30 days after the date of filing of the application for asylum. (C) Term Employment authorization for an applicant for asylum— (i) shall be for a period of 1 year; and (ii) shall be renewable for additional 1-year periods for the entire continuous period necessary to adjudicate the applicant’s asylum claim, including administrative or judicial review. .