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ANTIDISCRIMINATION GUIDANCE CONCERNING THE DHS NO-MATCH RULE.
Employers and workers are seeking information
regarding anti-discrimination implications for employers who
follow the Department
of Homeland Security's Safe-Harbor Procedures for Employers
Who Receive a No-Match Letter ("no-match rule")
first published in August 2007 and modified by a Proposed
Supplemental Rule
announced by DHS on March 21, 2008. OSC is issuing guidance
to clarify when OSC may find reasonable cause to believe that
employers have engaged in unlawful discrimination in violation
of the antidiscrimination provisions of the Immigration and
Nationality Act when applying the no-match rule, especially
those responding to Social Security Administration no-match
letters. For OSC's guidance, click
here.
Federal Register Notice
OSC's TELEPHONE INTERVENTIONS. OSC's telephone intervention
program is an innovative form of alternative dispute resolution.
It allows a caller to contact OSC's worker or employer hotline
to work informally with OSC's staff to resolve potential immigration-related
employment disputes within hours or minutes, rather than weeks
or months, without contested litigation. Employers love the
program because it saves them time and money. Workers love the
program because it keeps them on the job.
Employer Hotline:
1-800-255-8155
1-800-362-2735(TDD)
Worker Hotline:
1-800-255-7688
1-800-237-2515(TDD)
TEMPORARY PROTECTED STATUS. Temporary Protected Status
(TPS) is a temporary immigration status granted to eligible
nationals of designated countries (or parts thereof). In 1990,
as part of the Immigration Act of 1990 ("IMMACT"), P.L. 101-649,
Congress established a procedure by which the Attorney General
may provide TPS to aliens in the United States who are temporarily
unable to safely return to their home country because of ongoing
armed conflict, the temporary effects of an environmental disaster,
or other extraordinary and temporary conditions.
Developments
regarding work authorization for TPS recipients.
ACCESS TO GOVERNMENT FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE LIMITED ENGLISH PROFICIENT.
Web Site and Press
Release.
NOTICE TO INDIVIDUALS GRANTED IMMIGRATION BENEFITS BY EOIR.
If you have been granted Lawful Permanent Resident or Asylum
status during proceedings before an Immigration Judge or the
Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) and you have not yet received
documentation of your status, please schedule an appointment
with your local USCIS office to get that documentation.
If you need more information about a case currently before an
Immigration Judge or BIA, please contact EOIR.
WORK AUTHORIZATION AUTOMATIC FOR ASYLEES. March 10, 2003,
the US Citizenship and Immigration Services announced that it
concurs with a June 2002 opinion that asylees/refugees are authorized
to work whether or not they have DHS-issued work authorization
documents. Details.
REQUEST A SPEAKER. The Office of Special Counsel for
Immigration Related Unfair Employment Practices seeks opportunities
to communicate with employers, workers, advocates, and the public
about its programs and services. Speakers are available nationwide
for groups of 50 or more attendees for public affairs events,
conferences, class seminars, and workshops. To request a speaker,
please call OSC's Public Affairs staff at (202) 616-5594 or
fax your request to (202) 616-5509. |
