Workers’ Rights
All workers, no matter where they were born, should be able to work free from fear that they will be underpaid or placed in a dangerous environment. Sadly, this isn’t the case for many low-income immigrant workers in this country. Through a variety of tactics, including know-your-rights trainings, policy analysis, and raids response, NILC defends the fundamental rights of all those working in the U.S.
COVID-19: Workers’ Rights and Safety
FAQ: Immigrant Workers’ Rights and COVID-19
Resources | COVID-19 Crisis and Consequences
Worksite Immigration Enforcement
Department of Homeland Security’s Worksite Enforcement Memorandum: What You Need to Know
Backgrounder: Worksite Immigration Raids
Lessons from East Tennessee: A Toolkit for Organizations Responding to Mass Worksite Immigration Raids
What Worker Advocates Should Know About I-9 Audits
Immigration and Labor Enforcement in the Workplace: The Revised Labor Agency–DHS Memorandum of Understanding (NELP & NILC)
What to Do if Immigration Comes to Your Workplace (a guide for employers)
Social Security Numbers and “No-Match” Letters
Social Security No-Match Letter Toolkit
Basic Facts about the Social Security Number Verification Service
Facts About the Internal Revenue Service’s “No-Match” Letter
Workers’ Rights and Access to Lawful Status
U.S. Department of Labor’s New Frequently Asked Questions Regarding Immigration-Related Prosecutorial Discretion: What You Need to Know
DACA and Your Workplace Rights
The U Visa and How It Can Protect Workers
Power Act
DHS Guidance on Prosecutorial Discretion for Labor Disputes
FAQ Deferred Action for Workers in Labor Disputes ENG
FAQ Deferred Action for Workers in Labor Disputes ESP
FAQ: DHS Guidance on Prosecutorial Discretion for Labor Disputes
Practice Manual: Labor-Based Deferred Action
Intake Form for Labor-Based Deferred Action & Employment Authorization
Employment Eligibility Verification and Discrimination
Proving Work Authorization and Reverification
Reverification of Employment Eligibility: Frequently Asked Questions
The I-9 Process and Antidiscrimination Protections in the INA
Advocates’ Quick Guide to the Handbook for Employers
Know Your Rights about the Revised Form I-9
Document Abuse — when an employer won’t accept acceptable documents
Citizenship Discrimination — when an employer treats you differently from other workers because of your citizenship or immigration status
Filing an Employment Discrimination Charge: A Do-It-Yourself Packet for Immigrant Workers
E-Verify: Electronic Employment Eligibility Verification
Mandatory E-Verify: Too Costly for Employers, Workers, and Taxpayers
Legal Workforce Act: Facts and Issue Briefs
Verification Nation: How E-Verify Affects America’s Workers
Know Your Rights About E-Verify
Conozca sus derechos acerca de E-Verify
Costly and Ineffective: What Arizona’s Experience with Mandatory E-Verify Teaches Us
E-Verify: Background Information
ICE Raid Violated Tennessee Workers’ Rights
Zelaya, et al. v. Hammer, et al. (violations of constitutional rights against racial profiling and illegal seizure)
ICE, DHS, & DMV Retaliation Against Worker Activists
Migrant Justice, et al. v. Nielsen, et al. (harassment, violations of workers’ rights to free speech and association in Vermont)
Back Pay
Palma, et al. v. National Labor Relations Board (back pay for unauthorized workers)
Hoffman Plastic Compounds, Inc. v. NLRB (back pay for unauthorized workers — important case not litigated by NILC)
Unfair Exploitation of Guest Workers
Castellanos-Contreras, et al. v. Decatur Hotels, LLC, et al. (unfair exploitation of guest workers — important case not litigated by NILC)
Social Security “No-Match” Letters
American Federation of Labor v. Chertoff
Aramark Facility Services v. Service Employees International Union
Ashley Furniture Industries, Inc., and Voces de la Frontera
Inquiries Into Plaintiff Workers’ Immigration Status
Rivera, et al. v. NIBCO, Inc., et al. (plaintiff’s rights when employer inquires into their immigration status — important case not litigated by NILC)
Attorneys Excluded from Detainee Interviews
National Lawyer’s Guild v. Chertoff (challenging ICE practice of excluding attorneys from interviews with detained workers)
Other NILC Cases
U.S. Chamber of Commerce v. Whiting (Arizona employment sanctions law)
National Immigration Law Center v. Department of Homeland Security (FOIA lawsuit to gain information about mistreatment during ICE raid)
WORKERS’ RIGHTS BROCHURE
Downloadable PDF available in English and Spanish
REPORT
Verification Nation: How E-Verify Affects America’s Workers