California Lawmakers Move to Protect Undocumented Workers

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Under the Immigrant Worker Protection Act, employers would be required to ask for a warrant before they allow immigration enforcement agents onto the worksite. Photo courtesy of New America Media

By Elena ShoreNew America Media

If immigration agents show up at a worksite, employers don’t have to let them in.

That is one of the key messages immigrant rights advocates are sending out as a new bill that would increase protections for workers makes its way through committees in the California Legislature.

Employers across the country already have certain rights, said Grisel Ruiz, staff attorney of the Immigrant Legal Resource Center. “If an employer has [U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement] agents coming to their workplace, so long as the workplace is private property, they should also keep ICE agents out…unless they have an ICE warrant,” she said.

Read the complete story at New America Media.

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