; and (II) provides such agency with the opportunity to interview such alien; and (ii) an alien entitled to a stay of removal or an abeyance of removal proceedings under this section is not removed. (B) Stay of removal or abeyance of removal proceedings (i) In general Except as provided in clause (ii), an alien against whom removal proceedings have been initiated under chapter 4 of title II shall be entitled to a stay of removal or an abeyance of removal proceedings and employment authorization if the alien— (I) has filed a workplace claim; (II) is a material witness in any pending or anticipated proceeding relating to a bona fide workplace claim; or (III) has filed an application for relief under section 101(a)(15)(U). (ii) Exception Clause (i) shall not apply with respect to an alien if the Secretary establishes, by a preponderance of the evidence in a proceeding before the immigration judge presiding over such 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 removal of the alien. (iii) Duration (I) In general Any stay of removal or abeyance of removal proceedings and employment authorization issued pursuant to clause (i) shall remain valid until the date on which the workplace claim is resolved or relief under section 101(a)(15)(U) is denied after exhaustion of any administrative appeal, as applicable. (II) Extension The Secretary of Homeland Security may extend a stay of removal or an abeyance of removal proceedings for a period of not longer than 3 years if the Secretary determines that— (aa) such relief would enable the alien asserting a workplace claim to pursue the claim to resolution; (bb) the deterrent goals of any law underlying a workplace claim would be served