Posted on 01/16/2023 7:57:53 AM PST by fluorescence
Jan. 15 (UPI) -- The Department of Homeland Security announced new procedures for noncitizens who are the victim of labor rights violations or they witness such acts by employers.
Deferred action protects noncitizen workers from threats of immigration-related retaliation from exploitive employers. Homeland Security said Friday the more streamlined process will improve the department's longstanding practice of using its discretionary authority to consider labor and employment agency-related requests for deferred action on a case-by-case basis.
DHS said the improvements advance the Biden administration's commitment to empowering workers and improving workplace conditions.
"Unscrupulous employers who prey on the vulnerability of noncitizen workers harm all workers and disadvantage businesses who play by the rules," Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro N. Mayorkas said in a statement.
Noncitizen workers often fear removal or other immigration-related retaliation by an abusive employer. Because of that fear, they will often refrain from reporting violations, which creates unfair labor market conditions and perpetuates the commission of unlawful and inhumane acts by employers.
The actions by employers could include nonpayment of wages, the imposition of unsafe working conditions, and chilling workers' ability to organize and collectively bargain to improve such conditions.
"We will hold these predatory actors accountable by encouraging all workers to assert their rights, report violations they have suffered or observed, and cooperate in labor standards investigations," Mayorkas said.
"Through these efforts, and with our labor agency partners, we will effectively protect the American labor market, the conditions of the American worksite, and the dignity of the workers who power our economy."
DHS said that in addition to providing new guidance to labor agencies regarding processes to seek deferred action for certain workers, DHS will also provide for a single intake point for deferred action requests from noncitizen workers.
The centralized intake process will allow DHS to efficiently review these time-sensitive requests, provide additional security to eligible workers on a case-by-case basis, and more robustly support the mission of labor agencies.
We have had a Republican House for at least a week now.
Why is the fake Cuban still employed?
The problem is finding a provable crime.
Hooefully they are working on it.
Willful malfeasance on a massive scale would be a reasonable start.
Conspiracy to aid and abet Invasion of the United States would be maybe a little more inflammatory but easily provable.
Call me crazy, but I thought there was another government agency that already deals with labor issues. What’s it called...let’s see...oh yeah, THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR.
We can protect the poor dears by tossing thier @sses back over the border!
THERE IS A FORM CALLED I-9.
For a prospective employee to be allowed to work in the USA-—THEY MUST correctly & fully fill out such a form.
I was a Payroll Supervisor.
I could NOT put my MOTHER on payroll without her filling out an I-9 & producing all the documents it requires.
NONE of these invaders should be working at a USA employer. NONE
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