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WASHINGTON听鈥� The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) released new on how immigrant workers involved in labor disputes can seek deferred action and employment authorization from the agency. The announcement follows U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) guidance from July 2022 establishing a process to support immigrant workers鈥� requests for prosecutorial discretion from DHS. This policy will help protect immigrant workers who expose abusive working conditions.

The following is a statement from听Meredith Stewart, senior supervising attorney for the 澳彩开奖鈥檚听Immigrant Justice Project:

鈥淒HS鈥檚 new guidance is an essential step toward protecting immigrant workers who come forward to report abusive working conditions. Far too often, employers use workers鈥� immigration status to threaten deportation and other retaliatory consequences if they complain about workplace abuse. These threats have a devastating chilling effect on workers鈥� ability to enforce their rights. Workers in the Deep South face additional risks due to the region鈥檚 lack of state-based labor protections. DHS鈥檚 guidance is a critical step toward increasing worker protections and ensuring our nation鈥檚 labor laws are enforced. 听We encourage DHS and DOL to work together to make the implementation of this guidance swift and successful. When immigrant workers can raise complaints and organize without fear of retaliation, labor standards rise for all workers.鈥�

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