Groups Call for Balance in Labor and Immigration Law
Immigration raids at workplaces during the Bush administration have interfered with ongoing labor investigations and allowed employers to exploit workers who complained about job conditions. The increased amount of immigration enforcement was held at the expense of labor protection, which is guaranteed to all workers regardless of immigration status, said several labor groups in a report released Tuesday.
“The single-minded focus on immigration enforcement without regard to violations of workplace laws has enabled employers with rampant labor and employment violations to profit by employing workers who are terrified to complain,” said the authors of the report by the AFL-CIO, National Employment Law Project and American Rights at Work Education Fund.
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