Tag: DHS

New DHS Process Offers Streamlined Deferred Action for Noncitizen Workers Facing Labor Violations

February 24, 2023

On January 13, 2023, the Department of Homeland Security announced that noncitizen workers who are victims of, or witnesses to, labor rights violations can access a streamlined and expedited deferred action request process. This process will protect noncitizen workers from threats of immigration-related retaliation from exploitative employers. Workers will be… Read More»

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Executive Action on Immigration Could Protect Workers’ Rights

July 1, 2014

Yesterday, after a year of inaction and obstruction by House Republicans, President Obama vowed that he will begin to fix the broken immigration system through his Constitutional authority to take executive actions. He pledged to begin doing so later this summer. With this announcement comes an opportunity for the president… Read More»

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