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U.S. Department of Justice Supports Fight Against Immigration-Related Employment Discrimination

Monday, 5 October 2009

Recently the U.S. Department of Justice announced that it has awarded grants totaling $723,000 to numerous community organizations to help educate U.S. employees and employers about federal protections against immigration-related job discrimination.

The Department of Justice hopes that providing these grants will help them to raise awareness of and to prevent immigration-related discrimination in the workplace. Recipients of the grants will create and conduct various public education programs aimed at educating employers and employees. Specifically, recipient organizations will assist discrimination victims; conduct seminars for employees, employers and immigration service providers; distribute educational materials in various languages; and place advertisements in local communities through both mainstream and ethnic media to educate employees and employers about their rights.

These grants are being awarded by the Office of Special Counsel for Immigration-Related Unfair Employment Practices (OSC) of the department’s Civil Rights Division. OSC enforces the anti-discrimination provision of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA), which protects U.S. and authorized immigrant workers against citizenship and national origin discrimination. As part of its mission, OSC also educates employees and their employers about the anti-discrimination provision.

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