,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #bhac  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,may #af1 #bjai,ms4  
,pingree 7for herself1 ,ms4 ,jayapal1   
,ms4 ,omar1 ,mr4 ,mc,govern1 and ,ms4   
,ocasio-,cortez7 introduced the         
following bill2 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 purposes4 
#a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited
 as the ,asylum ,seeker ,work           
,authorization ,act of #bjai4  #b4      
,employment authorization for aliens    
seeking asylum ,paragraph 7#b7 of       
section #bjh7;d7 of the ,immigration and
 ,nationality ,act 7#h ,u4,s4,c4        
#aaeh7;d77 is amended to read as        
follows3  7#b7 ,employment authorization
  7,a7 ,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 frivolous4  7,b7 ,application
 ,an applicant for asylum who is not    
otherwise eligible for employment       
authorization shall not be granted such 
authorization prior to #cj days after   
the date of filing of the application   
for asylum4  7,c7 ,term ,employment     
authorization for an applicant for      
asylum-- 7i7 shall be for a period of #a
 year2 and  7ii7 shall be renewable for 
additional #a-year periods for the      
entire continuous period necessary to   
adjudicate the applicant's asylum claim1
 including administrative or judicial   
review4  4