United States · Bill · S
S. 3048 (116th)
Asylum Seeker Work Authorization Act of 2019
Introduced
12 December 2019
Last action
12 December 2019 · Introduced
Status
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S7030)
Sponsors
Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME], Sen. Sinema, Kyrsten [I-AZ]
Subjects
Asylum, Immigration
Source updated
10 August 2026
Summary
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.
This text is taken from the official record. PoliticalRepo does not editorialize.
Timeline
12 December 2019
Introduced
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S7030)
Source: IntroReferral
12 December 2019
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
Source: IntroReferral
Votes
No vote records are attached yet.
Versions
- Introduced in Senate · 12 December 2019 · Download file
Documents
3 official files
Introduced in Senate (text)
This file cannot be previewed here. Use View or Download.
Leesvertaling
Vertaal dit document naar jouw taal. PoliticalRepo bewaart geen aparte kopie per EU-taal.
Documentvertaling op verzoek met downloadbare PDF (logo + link naar de officiële bron). Het bronbestand blijft leidend.
Introduced in Senate (text)
Introduced in Senate · EN · 12 December 2019
Introduced in Senate (PDF)
Introduced in Senate · EN · 12 December 2019
ViewDownloadOpen at official source
Leesvertaling
Vertaal dit document naar jouw taal. PoliticalRepo bewaart geen aparte kopie per EU-taal.
Documentvertaling op verzoek met downloadbare PDF (logo + link naar de officiële bron). Het bronbestand blijft leidend.
Introduced in Senate
summary · EN · 12 December 2019
Leesvertaling
Vertaal dit document naar jouw taal. PoliticalRepo bewaart geen aparte kopie per EU-taal.
Documentvertaling op verzoek met downloadbare PDF (logo + link naar de officiële bron). Het bronbestand blijft leidend.
Sponsors
- Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Sinema, Kyrsten [I-AZ] · D · Sponsor
- · ssju00 · Standing
Related records
- related to → Asylum Seeker Work Authorization Act of 2019
- related to → Refugee Protection Act of 2019
- related to → Refugee Protection Act of 2019
- related to → Asylum Seeker Work Authorization Act of 2022
Sources
PoliticalRepo is an index and interpretation layer, not the authoritative legal source.
- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/3048
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/s/3048
- us · 116-s-3048 · source updated 10 August 2026