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Gov’t Accuses Company Of Discrimination Over Employees Having To Prove Citizenship Status

Nebraska Beef / AP

BY: Joe Schoffstall
September 3, 2015 4:29 pm

The Department of Justice has accused a business of discrimination due to the company requiring employees to show proof of citizenship for employment.

The DOJ claims that Nebraska Beef Ltd., a Nebraska-based meat packing company, “required non-U.S. citizens, but not similarly-situated U.S. citizens, to present specific documentary proof of their immigration status to verify their employment eligibility.”

After receiving pressure from the government, Nebraska Beef agreed to pay $200,000 in a civil penalty settlement and said they will establish an uncapped back pay fund for people who lost wages because they could not prove they are in the country legally.

The settlement also requires the business to undergo compliance monitoring for two years, train employees on the anti-discrimination provision within the Immigration and Nationality Act, and to revise policies within its office.
Judicial Watch reports:

The DOJ’s Office of Special Counsel for Immigration-Related Unfair Employment Practices objected to non-U.S. citizens being “targeted” because of their citizenship status. “The department’s investigation found that the company required non-U.S. citizens, but not similarly-situated U.S. citizens, to present specific documentary proof of their immigration status to verify their employment eligibility,” the DOJ claims. This could constitute a violation of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA), the feds assert, because its anti-discrimination provision prohibits employers from making documentary demands based on citizenship or national origin when verifying an employee’s authorization to work.

With the feds breathing down its neck the business, Nebraska Beef Ltd, agreed to pay Uncle Sam a $200,000 civil penalty and establish an uncapped back pay fund to compensate individuals who lost wages because they couldn’t prove they are in the county legally. Additionally, the business will undergo “compliance monitoring,” which means big brother will be watching very closely. The head of the DOJ’s civil rights division explains that the agency is on a mission to eliminate “unnecessary and discriminatory barriers to employment” so workers can support their families and contribute to the U.S. economy.

The DOJ issued a statement after the settlement saying they committed to protecting individuals against unnecessary discrimination in barriers to employment.

“The department is committed to ensuring that individuals who are authorized to work in the United States can support their families and contribute to our country’s economic growth without facing unnecessary and discriminatory barriers to employment,” said Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Vanita Gupta, head of the Civil Rights Division. “We will vigorously enforce the law to remove such barriers where we find them, and ensure that affected individuals have a means of seeking relief.”
http://freebeacon.com/issues/govt-ac...enship-status/

What happened to E-Verify? Nothing but lies are told to American citizens and then the truth slips out -
The Justice Department says Nebraska Beef discriminated against illegal alien workers by asking them for proof of citizenship.

Under pressure from the federal government, the company agreed to a $200,000 civil penalty and also to create an uncapped back pay fund to compensate individuals who lost wages because they were unable to prove they are in the county legally, according to the non-partisan educational foundation. In addition, the business will be subjected to “compliance monitoring” by the government.

Judicial Watch believes it is part of a larger effort by the federal government and the Obama administration to facilitate the entry of illegal aliens in the United States:

This case is part of a broader effort by the Obama administration to helps illegal aliens in the U.S. Besides shielding tens of millions from deportation via an executive amnesty order, the president has also expanded the DOJ to help carry out part of this mission. It’s why the agency’s civil rights division has grown immensely under Obama.

“The department is committed to ensuring that individuals who are authorized to work in the United States can support their families and contribute to our country’s economic growth without facing unnecessary and discriminatory barriers to employment,” said Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Vanita Gupta, head of the Civil Rights Division.


If they are illegals, how can they be authorized to work?

Is this a joke? Is this one of those Onion satires? Because this can't really be a real article. Can it? The DOJ is forcing fines and costs on companies who want to hire American citizens?!!!!

If this is true, Judicial Watch needs to file a lawsuit against the DOJ for policies that discriminate against US citizens.

Originally Posted by Judy

Is this a joke? Is this one of those Onion satires? Because this can't really be a real article. Can it? The DOJ is forcing fines and costs on companies who want to hire American citizens?!!!!

If this is true, Judicial Watch needs to file a lawsuit against the DOJ for policies that discriminate against US citizens.

The Free Beacon is a pretty reliable source.

This is what has been going on in USA - if they wanted to close the border, it would have been done already, if they wanted to keep our jobs for American citizens, it would have been done already by strict e-verify use. Our gov't has been against us and sometimes the truth is released but just gets lost in the media. Our politicians are supposed to be looking out for us and they are not.