Employers Using Visa Misrepresentation, Discrimination, Colorado 2023

Employers Using Visa Misrepresentation and Discrimination Targeted by DOJ and State Partnership

A new partnership between the Departments of Justice and State aims to protect U.S. workers from discrimination and combat fraud by employers that misuse visas.

Under the partnership, the Civil Rights Division and the Bureau of Consular Affairs will share information about employers that may be engaging in unlawful discrimination, committing fraud, or making other misrepresentations in their use of employment-based visas, such as H-1B, H-2A, and H-2B visas.

“Employers that discriminate against qualified U.S. workers by favoring foreign visa workers will be held accountable,” said Acting Assistant Attorney General John M. Gore of the Civil Rights Division. “Today’s agreement reflects the Civil Rights Division’s commitment to use all available tools, including collaboration with other federal agencies, to protect U.S. workers from discrimination. The Division welcomes the Department of State as a partner in this effort.”

The Civil Rights Division’s Immigrant and Employee Rights Section (IER) enforces the anti-discrimination provision of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA). The provision prohibits, among other things, citizenship and national origin discrimination in hiring, firing, or recruiting.

In February 2017, IER launched its Protecting U.S. Workers Initiative, an initiative aimed at targeting, investigating, and bringing enforcement actions against companies that discriminate against U.S. workers in favor of foreign visa workers.

For more information about protections against employment discrimination under immigration laws, call IER’s worker hotline at 1-800-255-7688 (1-800-237-2515, TTY for hearing impaired); call IER’s employer hotline at 1-800-255-8155 (1-800-237-2515, TTY for hearing impaired); sign up for a free webinar; email IER@usdoj.gov; or visit IER’s English and Spanish websites.

The partnership, memorialized by a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division and the Department of State’s Bureau of Consular Affairs, facilitates information sharing in an effort to help each agency advance its mission.

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Source: https://www.justice.gov/archives/opa/pr/departments-justice-and-state-partner-protect-us-workers-discrimination-and-combat-fraud