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DOJ & DOL to Crack Down on Employers That Discriminate Against American Workers

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The Justice Department's (DOJ) Civil Rights Division and the Labor Department (DOL) released a memorandum of understanding Tuesday, announcing the agencies' joint effort to target companies that exhibit "unlawful discrimination" against American workers by hiring foreign labor. These employers, often times, hire cheap foreign labor through the H-1B and H-2B visa programs.

USCIS Staff Cite Pressure to Rubber-Stamp Immigration Benefits, Ignore Fraud

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The Center for Immigration Studies reports on a letter Sen. Charles Grassley (R-Iowa) sent DHS Secretary Napolitano that cites incidents in which U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) officials bullied career staff into rubber-stamping benefit approvals (e.g., for green cards) and ignoring fraud.