Sec. 106. Employment authorization for asylum seekers and other individuals
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(2)of section 208(d) of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1158(d) ) is amended to read as follows: The Secretary of Homeland Security shall authorize employment for an applicant for asylum who is not in detention and the application for asylum of whom has not been determined frivolous. An applicant for asylum who is not otherwise eligible for employment authorization shall not be granted such authorization before the date that is 30 days after the date of filing of the application for asylum. Employment authorization for an applicant for asylum shall be— for a period of 2 years; and renewable for additional 2-year periods for the entire continuous period necessary to adjudicate the asylum claim of the applicant, including administrative or judicial review. . Section 241(b)(3) of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1231(b)(3) ) is amended by adding at the end the following: The Secretary of Homeland Security shall authorize employment for an alien granted withholding of removal under this paragraph or deferral of removal under the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, done at New York December 10, 1984. Employment authorization for an alien described in clause
(i)shall be— for a period of 2 years; and renewable for additional 2-year periods for the duration of such withholding of removal or deferral of removal status. .
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