Asylum Seeker Work Authorization Act of 2022

United States117th CongressHR-6693House of Representatives
Updated: Nov 1, 2022

Summary

Asylum Seeker Work Authorization Act of 2022 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. Such employment authorization must last for at least two years and be renewable for two-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.

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S-3665: Asylum Seeker Work Authorization Act of 2022

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S755)

  1. Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

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  2. Introduced in House

  3. Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.

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