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Protected Under This New Policy
BY AARON REICHLIN-MELNICK
Immigrant workers who are the victims of labor exploitation are often faced with a difficult choice. They can either stay quiet out of fear of deportation or come forward to report coercive conduct. Looming over that choice is the possibility that the employer may retaliate by calling U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) or take other adverse action, which could threaten the immigrant’s ability to remain in the United States.
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Now, thanks to a new Department of
Homeland Security policy, immigrant workers have been given a shield: a promise by ICE that any worker who comes forward to report labor abuses will be protected from deportation.
Under the new policy, announced on January 13, immigrant workers who are either the victim of, or a witness to, any violation of labor rights can receive “deferred action,” temporary permission to remain in the United States legally. Deferred action also comes along with eligibility to apply for work authorization.
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Stay Home, Says White House to Prospective Immigrants: Title 42 Expansion Keeps Trump's Racist Immigration Agenda Alive; DACA Under Threat and Country Caps
BY JR HOLGUIN JOURNAL EXCLUSIVE
President Biden continues to uphold Title 42, which was exploited as a necessary measure during the Covid-19 pandemic by the Trump Administration but was merely used to ban asylum seekers.
A report released by a Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis details how the Trump Administration interfered with the CDC's public health positions to further their political objectives. This includes closing the southern border by justifying Title 42, a central objective of the Trump administration.
The former administration positioned itself within the CDC to try and control any Covid-19 related broadcasts. CDC experts and doctors dealt with "bullyish behavior" and were snubbed whenever they attempted to advocate for "public health policies that went against the Trump Administration's perceived political interests."
The detailed report includes the statement of Dr. Martin Cetron, the director
