Posted on 11/22/2016 10:49:50 AM PST by TigerClaws
President Obama’s Justice Department is penalizing the Denver Sheriff Department for making U.S. citizenship a requirement for applicants.
The sheriff’s department will now have to pay a $10,000 fine for its hiring practices in 2015 and 2016. Additionally, the DOJ is requiring them to comb through old applications for those who were disqualified for being a non-citizen and consider those people for future positions.
“The Justice Department’s investigation found that from approximately Jan. 1, 2015, until approximately March 23, 2016, the Denver Sheriff Department discriminated based on citizenship status by requiring applicants for deputy sheriff positions to be U.S. citizens and publishing job postings with U.S. citizenship requirements, in violation of the INA,” the DOJ wrote in a statement.
“The INA’s anti-discrimination provision prohibits employers from limiting jobs to U.S. citizens except where the employer is required to do so by law, regulation, executive order or government contract. The Denver Sheriff Department was not subject to one of the INA’s exceptions.”
The settlement also requires that the sheriff’s department train its human resources employees on the INA’s anti-discrimination provision and change its policies to comply with those requirements.
“The Denver Sheriff Department maintains its commitment to treat all people with dignity and respect, and is proud to have one of the most diverse workplaces in Colorado,” sheriff’s spokesman Simon Crittle told The Denver Post.
“While we didn’t commit this violation intentionally, we accept responsibility and are taking steps to clarify policy and amend language in hiring documents.”
This $hit stops Jan 21.
This is unconstitutional. Do not pay.
There are established laws on the books requiring citizens to prove identity and outlawing illegals from being hired. The city must IGNORE any so called order from any agency that violates the law. The DOJ must be held responsible for violating the law under pain of prosecution just as anyone else would be. RETURN LAW AND ORDER to the US and throw the perpetrators of the demise of America in jail where they belong. ....ALL of them.
”From the accepted doctrine that the United States is a government of delegated powers, it follows that those not expressly granted, or reasonably to be implied from such as are conferred, are reserved to the states, or to the people. To forestall any suggestion to the contrary, the Tenth Amendment was adopted. The same proposition, otherwise stated, is that powers not granted are prohibited [emphasis added].” —United States v. Butler, 1936.
“While we didn’t commit this violation intentionally...”
Violation my ass. Grow a pair, Chief. And Track that money carefully.
I can live with that.
Put Sheriff Clarke on the DOJ “landing team”.
Electing Hillary president would have stopped this nonsense.
No. Legal citizens only! Anyone anticipating such a job needs to plan ahead and meet all requirements, or wait until the next opening.
Obama is arrogant and ignorant. Total disrespect for his countrymen. Oh wait, he’s not from here. My bad........
The law should be only US Citizens.not illegals.
Spot on.
I know not everyone in the sheriff’s department carries a gun, but it’s worth noting that a lot are required to possess, use, own, maintain, in the course of their duties. I do not believe illegal aliens are permitted to buy, possess, etc. firearms.
Trump's letting Hillary skate on the grounds that it would "divide the nation to prosecute her". Changing this policy could be divisive as well, so perhaps he'll let Obama's policies stand.
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