To permit aliens seeking asylum to be eligible for employment in the United States, and for other purposes.
Asylum Seeker Work Authorization Act of 2023
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 is valid until the date on which an applicant is issued a final denial of the application, including administrative and judicial review.
The bill also shortens the waiting period for receiving employment authorization to 30 days from the filing of the asylum application.
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
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