Thread: Feds sue San Diego hospital over immigrant workers

Feds sue San Diego hospital over immigrant workers


The Associated Press

Published: Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2011 - 4:36 pm

Last Modified: Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2011 - 8:36 pm


SAN DIEGO -- The U.S. Justice Department said Tuesday that it has sued a major San Diego hospital, saying it discriminated against immigrant employees and job applicants.

The department said UCSD Medical Center demanded excessive documentation from non-citizen job applicants and employees to prove they were eligible to work. The lawsuit says the hospital made no such demands of U.S. citizens.

The Justice Department, in a lawsuit filed with its Executive Office for Immigration Review, seeks unspecified monetary damages for affected workers.

"All workers who are authorized to work in the United States have the right to work without encountering discrimination because of their immigration status or national origin," said Thomas E. Perez, assistant attorney general for the Justice Department's civil rights division.

UCSD Medical Center said it made changes after the Justice Department raised concerns in January, and it believes it is now in full compliance with federal regulations. The hospital said it hasn't found anyone who was denied employment based on practices being questioned.

The hospital said in a statement that it now allows applicants to choose from a longer list of documents to prove they are eligible to work, such as driver's licenses, Social Security cards and other forms of identification allowed under federal immigration regulations.

UCSD Medical Center said it invited a Department of Homeland Security employee to train its managers on the regulations and discuss "common errors that employers encounter with the complicated federal forms."

The lawsuit contends the hospital discriminated against non-citizen applicants and hires from January 2004 through June 2011.

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AS Long as Obama In the wh they will get what they want
work we get the kick im the Ass
no amnesty or Dream act
so wake the hell up american & fight we want jobs

It is a shame that we should even have to fight for jobs for our own citizens. What gives a foreigner the right to have a job above an American citizen? We must continue to fight against such insanity!

you 100 5 right kiara
we have to fight for a jobs I hear Obama was out to Pa about
jobs
boy that a good one no jobs
this man was out of work for 3 year's
still no jobs . all you see are illegal immigrants
in the store & that not right & yes they are welfare also & they
at us it not funny . yes the GOv & Obama Roll out the red Carpet
for them & the hell with us .
This has to stop
No amnesty Or Dream Act

Why shouldn't a "non-citizen" have to show a green card, in addition to any other right to work documents required? Does being an American citizen not carry any privilege in our own country?

Originally Posted by NoBueno

Does being an American citizen not carry any privilege in our own country?

Sure it does...the privilege to pay for the settlement of all the NEW AMERICANS!

NEW AMERICANS!, you know the as yet to be documented Americans.

We should all feel so proud.