; and (II) provides such agency with the opportunity to interview such noncitizens; and (ii) noncitizens entitled to a stay of removal or abeyance of removal proceedings under this section are not removed. (C) Protections for victims of crime, labor, and employment violations (i) Stay of removal or abeyance of removal proceedings Any noncitizen 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 later of the resolution of the workplace claim or the denial of relief under section 101(a)(15)(U) after exhaustion of administrative appeals unless the Secretary establishes, by a preponderance of the evidence in proceedings before the immigration judge presiding over such noncitizen’s removal hearing, that— (I) the noncitizen has been convicted of a felony or; (II) the workplace claim was filed in bad faith with the intent to delay or avoid the noncitizen’s removal. (ii) Duration Any stay of removal or abeyance of removal proceedings and employment authorization issued pursuant to clause (i)— (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 (II) shall be extended by the Secretary of Homeland Security for a period not to exceed 10 additional years upon determining that— (aa) such relief would enable the noncitizen asserting a workplace claim to pursue the claim to resolution; (bb) the deterrent goals of any statute underlying a workplace claim would be served