Eastern WA workers in limbo after nearly 1M immigrants lose legal status

Trump Administration Ends Protected Status for Cameroonian and Afghan Immigrants

The Trump administration is terminating Temporary Protected Status, known as TPS, for immigrants from Cameroon and Afghanistan living in the U.S. The move affects some 14,600 Afghans and around 7,900 Cameroonians, who would be forced to leave the U.S. by May and June, respectively. The Council on American-Islamic Relations California said, “These individuals have fled war, persecution, and instability — and, in the case of many Afghans, risked t…

Eastern WA workers in limbo after nearly 1M immigrants lose legal status

Some immigrants in Eastern Washington lost legal status this week after the U.S. Department of Homeland Security announced that it ended protections for people who had legally entered the U.S. through an official online immigration appointment app. Read more...

Illinois Senate passes bill to shield immigrant workers if legal work status doesn’t match federal records – WTVO (Rockford)

Federal immigration law requires employers to verify the legal work status of their employees through the E-Verify system, which compares information from an employee’s I-9 form to the Department of Homeland Security and Social Security Administration to confirm eligibility. The new bill prevents Illinois employers from firing an employee solely based on a “no match” letter from the federal government.