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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE ANNOUNCES GRANTS FOR TRAINING ON PREVENTION OF IMMIGRATION-RELATED JOB DISCRIMINATION. The Department of Justice today announced the award of $710,500 in grants to 11 groups serving communities throughout the country, to conduct public education programs for workers and employers about immigration-related job discrimination. For details click here.

OSC ANTIDISCRIMINATION GUIDANCE CONCERNING THE DHS NO-MATCH RULE. Employers and workers are seeking information regarding anti-discrimination implications for employers who follow the Department of Homeland Security's Safe-Harbor Procedures for Employers Who Receive a No-Match Letter ("no-match rule") first published in August 2007 and modified by a Proposed Supplemental Rule announced by DHS on March 21, 2008. OSC is issuing guidance to clarify when OSC may find reasonable cause to believe that employers have engaged in unlawful discrimination in violation of the antidiscrimination provisions of the Immigration and Nationality Act when applying the no-match rule, especially those responding to Social Security Administration no-match letters. For OSC's guidance, click here.

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OSC's TELEPHONE INTERVENTIONS. OSC's telephone intervention program is an innovative form of alternative dispute resolution. It allows a caller to contact OSC's worker or employer hotline to work informally with OSC's staff to resolve potential immigration-related employment disputes within hours or minutes, rather than weeks or months, without contested litigation. Employers love the program because it saves them time and money. Workers love the program because it keeps them on the job.
Employer Hotline:
1-800-255-8155
1-800-362-2735(TDD)
Worker Hotline:
1-800-255-7688
1-800-237-2515(TDD)

TEMPORARY PROTECTED STATUS. Temporary Protected Status (TPS) is a temporary immigration status granted to eligible nationals of designated countries (or parts thereof). In 1990, as part of the Immigration Act of 1990 ("IMMACT"), P.L. 101-649, Congress established a procedure by which the Attorney General may provide TPS to aliens in the United States who are temporarily unable to safely return to their home country because of ongoing armed conflict, the temporary effects of an environmental disaster, or other extraordinary and temporary conditions.

Developments regarding work authorization for TPS recipients.

ACCESS TO GOVERNMENT FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE LIMITED ENGLISH PROFICIENT. Web Site and Press Release.

NOTICE TO INDIVIDUALS GRANTED IMMIGRATION BENEFITS BY EOIR. Notice of Final Settlement Agreement in Santillan, et al. v. Mukasey, et al., No. C 04-2686-MHP and Padilla, et al. V. Ridge, et al., No. C-08-1531-MHP in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. To all persons who were granted lawful permanent resident status by the U.S. Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR), through the Immigration Courts or the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA), and to whom the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has not issued evidence of registration as a lawful permanent resident, and to persons who will be granted lawful permanent resident status by EOIR who do not receive such evidence of registration, you are hereby notified that at a fairness hearing in San Francisco on July 21, 2008, federal district court Judge Marilyn H. Patel approved the parties’ proposed settlement agreement of claims brought on your behalf in this litigation.

The full notice of the final settlement agreement, a copy of the agreement, and a copy of the court’s approval order are accessible here.

If you have been granted Lawful Permanent Resident or Asylum status during proceedings before an Immigration Judge or the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) and you have not yet received documentation of your status, please schedule an appointment with your local USCIS office to get that documentation. If you need more information about a case currently before an Immigration Judge or BIA, please contact EOIR.

WORK AUTHORIZATION AUTOMATIC FOR ASYLEES. March 10, 2003, the US Citizenship and Immigration Services announced that it concurs with a June 2002 opinion that asylees/refugees are authorized to work whether or not they have DHS-issued work authorization documents. Details.

REQUEST A SPEAKER. The Office of Special Counsel for Immigration Related Unfair Employment Practices seeks opportunities to communicate with employers, workers, advocates, and the public about its programs and services. Speakers are available nationwide for groups of 50 or more attendees for public affairs events, conferences, class seminars, and workshops. To request a speaker, please call OSC's Public Affairs staff at (202) 616-5594 or fax your request to (202) 616-5509.