Event: Seeking Affirmative Immigration Protections for Immigrant Workers in Labor Disputes 

The National Immigration Project of the National Lawyers Guild (NIPNLG) and the Tulane Immigrant Rights Clinic are jointly hosting a program on Friday, November 19. 

Seeking Affirmative Immigration Protections for Immigrant Workers in Labor Disputes 

Friday, November 19, 2021, 10am to 11:30am PT / 12pm to 1:30pm CT / 1pm to 2:30pm ET.  Approved for 1.5 hours CLE in Washington state.

On October 12, 2021, the Secretary of Homeland Security released a new memo on worksite immigration enforcement, emphasizing the agency’s interests in facilitating the work of the Department of Labor and other labor agencies that enforce labor rights. The memo included a 60-day review policy review period for all sub-agencies, asking for agency plans to “provide for the consideration of deferred action, continued presence, parole, and other available relief.” DHS also directed the agency to continue considering individualized requests for prosecutorial discretion for “workers who are victims of, or witnesses to, workplace exploitation” while the sub-component agencies develop their plans. This CLE presentation will review existing guidance on requesting affirmative immigration protections for immigrant workers in labor disputes, discuss case examples and lessons learned so far, and train immigration attorneys to screen for possible cases to make these requests.  

Speakers:

• Cristina Velez, NIPNLG
• Mary Yanik, Tulane Immigrant Rights Clinic
• Cal Soto, NDLON
• Meredith Stewart, SPLC

PRE-REGISTER here: https://tulane.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_yNLkdv00QZyIHbz1p7_qKA.

KJ