APPROVED CHAPTER
MAY 11, 2023 14
BY GOVERNOR RESOLVES
STATE OF MAINE
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IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD
TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-THREE
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S.P. 419 - L.D. 1050
Resolve, Directing the Department of Labor to Request a Federal Waiver to
Allow Presumptive Work Eligibility for Asylum Seekers
Sec. 1. Commissioner of Labor to request federal waiver to allow asylum
seekers to work in the State. Resolved: That the Commissioner of Labor shall request
a waiver from the United States Department of Homeland Security, United States
Citizenship and Immigration Services to allow asylum seekers to work in the State. The
waiver must request that any asylum seeker in the State who has applied for asylum and
who has not been denied asylum is eligible to work in the State:
1. For the 6-month period immediately after the asylum seeker has applied for asylum
and is awaiting a decision on a pending asylum application; and
2. For any period of time following the expiration of the asylum seeker's existing
asylum work permit while the asylum seeker's application is pending renewal by the
Federal Government.
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