ATLANTA — Undocumented workers caught up in exploitative labor arrangements will have access to a streamlined process to request protection from deportation, according to guidance unveiled Friday by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
With that new policy, the Biden administration hopes to encourage migrant workers who experience or witness labor abuses to come forward and report their employers.
“Unscrupulous employers who prey on the vulnerability of noncitizen workers harm all workers and disadvantage businesses who play by the rules,” said DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas in a statement. “We will hold these predatory actors accountable by encouraging all workers to assert their rights.”
