We are grateful beyond words to the 13 members of Congress who signed a letter asking Attorney General Todd Blanche (
@AGToddBlanche) to review an administrative law judge’s ruling in our U.S. Tech Workers v. Boston Consulting Group lawsuit. You see, there are those who believe there is no such thing as advertising discrimination; in his view, employers who engage in it are simply expanding their pool of candidates.
Fortunately for us, these 13 members of Congress see things differently:
“We are concerned that the OCAHO’s decision adopts an interpretation of section 274B that may significantly limit protections against discriminatory advertising and recruitment. In particular, the decision suggests that Section 274B does not provide a cause of action for discriminatory advertising and that the advertising designed to prioritize nonimmigrants on the basis of national origin or citizenship does not discriminate against American workers.
This interpretation warrants careful review. Congress enacted the anti-discrimination provisions of the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 (IRCA) to protect U.S. workers from discrimination based on citizenship status and national origin. If employers can expressly target foreign workers while discouraging Americans from applying, those protections are substantially weakened.”
The Attorney General has until the middle of this week to decide whether he will review the case. We certainly hope he will.
Again, we want to thank Reps. Paul Gosar, Chip Roy, Randy Weber, Randy Fine, Barry Moore, Ralph Norman, Andrew Clyde, Brian Babin, Warren Davidson, Mary Miller, Sheri Biggs, Ben Cline, and Keith Self, and their hardworking staffs, for this show of support for America’s working men and women.
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