Migrant worker advocates celebrated the policy, saying it’s a measure they’ve long been pushing Biden to implement.
Farm workers with the Coalition of Immokalee Workers, and their supporters, call for a boycott of Wendy's outside of the Park Avenue offices of the chairman of Wendy's board, Nelson Peltz, on May 12, 2022 in New York City.Migrant workers and advocates on Friday applauded a Biden administration policy to help protect noncitizen employees who are victims or witnesses of labor rights violations “from threats of immigration-related retaliation from the exploitive employers.
DHS said that “for deferred action requests from noncitizens who are in removal proceedings or have a final order of removal, upon reviewing the submission for completeness, USCIS will forward such requests to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to make a final determination on a case-by-case basis.”Friday in a blog post welcoming the announcement:
Given the current budget constraints of federal labor standards enforcement agencies—which are funded at justthe rate of immigration enforcement agencies—the use of deferred action in this manner will encourage workers and whistleblowers to speak out without fear and will act as a force multiplier for underfunded and understaffed labor enforcement agencies, thereby assisting them in their mission to protect worker rights and hold lawbreaking employers accountable.
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