Expanding Eligibility for Professional and Occupational Licensing for Immigrants
This report provides an overview of the need to expand professional, business, and commercial licenses (also known as “occupational licenses”) to various work-authorized immigrants. The report provides an overview of occupational licensing generally; the federal and state government’s prohibitions on licensing for certain noncitizens; the growing demand for licensure among work authorized-immigrants; and recommendations for Congress and state legislatures.