[Pontiac]

Thomas E. Perez, assistant attorney general for the department’s Civil Rights Division, said in a statement: “Every individual who is authorized to work in this country has the right to know they will be free from discrimination as they look for a job, and that they will be on the same playing field as every other applicant or worker.”

“They are not bad,” added the woman, who said that she arrived from Korea on a student visa almost 30 years ago and that her green card application was pending while she worked at John Jay. “I think they were just poorly trained.”

So if I am not mistaken she was not authorized to work because her green card application was pending.

[kabumpo]

You can have work authorization while your greencard case is pending. It’s a speicific document with an expiration date.

[Frank_2001]

“she arrived from Korea on a student visa almost 30 years ago “

I’d say she’s overstayed her visa;) IMO she should have gotten the whole citizenship thing wrapped up a long time ago!