; and (II) provides such agency with the opportunity to interview such aliens; and (ii) no aliens entitled to a stay of removal or abeyance of removal proceedings under this section are removed. (B) Protections for victims of crime, labor, and employment violations (i) Stay of removal or abeyance of removal proceedings An alien against whom removal proceedings have been initiated under chapter 4 of title II, who has filed a workplace claim, who is a material witness in any pending or anticipated proceeding involving a bona fide workplace claim, or who has filed for relief under section 101(a)(15)(U), shall be entitled to a stay of removal or an abeyance of removal proceedings and to employment authorization until the resolution of the workplace claim or the denial of relief under section 101(a)(15)(U) after exhaustion of administrative appeals, whichever is later, unless the Department establishes, by a preponderance of the evidence in proceedings before the immigration judge presiding over that alien’s removal hearing, that— (I) the alien has been convicted of a felony; or (II) the workplace claim was filed in bad faith with the intent to delay or avoid the alien’s removal. (ii) Duration Any stay of removal or abeyance of removal proceedings and employment authorization issued pursuant to clause (i) shall remain valid until the resolution of the workplace claim or the denial of relief under section 101(a)(15)(U) after the exhaustion of administrative appeals, and shall be extended by the Secretary of Homeland Security for a period of not longer than 3 additional years upon determining that— (I) such relief would enable the alien asserting a workplace claim to pursue the claim to resolution; (II) the deterrent goals of any statute underlying a workplace claim would be served