Press Release
AFL-CIO: New Department of Homeland Security Procedures Represent an Important Step Forward for Worker Rights
… Statement from AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler on the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS’) procedural enhancements to support effective enforcement of labor laws protecting immigrant workers: Workers rely on each other to take action to help enforce our labor laws, so we are all at risk when employers can use immigration threats to scare workers into silence. The commonsense procedures DHS has put in place will provide temporary status protections and work permits to workers who are exercising their workplace rights and reporting violations. That helps keep us all safe on …