(CNSNews.com) – The U.S. Department of Labor unveiled its “We Can Help” campaign to protect workers “regardless of their immigration status” as part of a big event in Chicago seven months ago. But the department is not releasing information about complaints from illegal aliens made against employers since the outreach campaign began.
That’s according to Judicial Watch, a conservative watchdog group that announced a lawsuit against the Labor Department on Friday. Judicial Watch filed a Freedom of Information Act request with the agency, but it has not received information on “records of complaints by undocumented workers under the Wage and Hour Davison’s ‘We Can Help’ program.”
The Labor Department does not keep data on who is undocumented or not, a Wage and Hour Division spokeswoman told CNSNews.com Friday. The Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division stresses that this is not a new program, but rather an outreach campaign designed not just for illegal aliens but for all workers.
The “We Can Help” campaign targets such industries as construction, janitorial work, hotel/motel services, food services and home health care. The department released a number of public service announcements, one featuring Labor Secretary Hilda Solis, activists Dolores Huerta and actors Jimmy Smits and Esai Morales, all who advertise the hotline, 866-4US-WAGE.
“The department is renewing its emphasis on reaching and assisting workers who often find themselves denied the pay legally guaranteed to them by law,” the Labor Department’s April 1 news release said. “The campaign also underscores that wage and hour laws apply to all workers in the United States, regardless of immigration status.”
In her public service announcement promoting the “We Can Help” campaign, Solis said,
“Remember, every worker in America has a right to be paid fairly whether documented or not.”
On the “We Can Help” Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) page, one question is: “Not everyone on my job has a green card. If I complain about my pay, will workers be reported to Immigration? Is everyone who works entitled to the minimum wage?” The answer is, “WHD [Wage and Hour Division] will continue to enforce the FLSA [Fair Labor Standards Act] and MSPA [Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act] without regard to an employee’s immigration status. No employer should have an unfair advantage because he employs undocumented employees and doesn’t pay them.”
After requesting all information about illegal aliens from April 1 through July 9, the Labor Department has not responded to Judicial Watch within 20 working days as required by law, according to the lawsuit.”
The lack of transparency contrasts sharply with the publicity campaign when the campaign was introduced, Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton said.
“This is all too typical of the political spin of this administration,” Fitton told CNSNews.com. “When it comes to transparency and accountability for a program, they are downright hostile. I don’t want anyone to be taken advantage of. But my guess is the campaign isn’t doing anything.”
“This administration refuses to distinguish people who are here legally from people who are here illegally,” Fitton said.
But there are two ways of looking at the Labor Department’s outreach program, said Mark Krikorian, executive director of the Center for Immigration Studies, an immigration think tank that supports border enforcement.
“I’m of two minds. On one hand, the fact that the Department of Labor’s program is helping illegal aliens legitimizes them and incorporates them into our institutions,” Krikorian told CNSNews.com. “On the other hand, anything that makes it more expensive for employers to hire illegal aliens is a good thing.”
“The thing that I would be more comfortable with is if illegal aliens get the money that employers stole from them – and send it home to them after they’re deported,” Krikorian said.
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20+ million ILLEGAL aliens are in the United States of America.
Right now in the United States of America, ILLEGAL aliens have more rights than you do!
9/26/2010 - HAZELTON, PA - UNITED STATES OF AMERICA - IT'S ILLEGAL TO ARREST AN ILLEGAL ALIEN. IT'S ILLEGAL TO ARREST OR PUNISH THOSE WHO HIRE OR RENT TO ILLEGAL ALIENS!!!
"There can be no divided allegiance here. Any man who says he is an American, but something else also, isn't an American at all. We have room for but one flag, the American flag, and this excludes the red flag, which symbolizes all wars against liberty and civilization, just as much as it excludes any foreign flag of a nation to which we are hostile...We have room for but one language here, and that is the English language...and we have room for but one sole loyalty and that is a loyalty to the American people." --Theodore Roosevelt
"This nation is in danger of becoming a Third World nightmare with all the corruption, disease, illiteracy, violence and balkanization known all over the world. We need a 10-year moratorium on all immigration to catch our collective breath and we need deportation of over 10 million illegal aliens in a slow and orderly fashion." --Ed Garrison
“The 1987 amnesty was a failure; rather than reducing illegal immigration, it led to an increase,” FAIR stated. “Any new amnesty measure will further weaken respect for our immigration laws. Therefore, all amnesty measures must be defeated.” --Frosty Wooldridge
President barry shits on the United States.
This is a picture of YOUR American president, (president barry soetoro, a.k.a barack obama) refusing to acknowledge the National Anthem of the United States of America. This picture clearly shows barry with his hands crossed across his vaginal area when the United States Anthem was playing.
barry has NO RESPECT for you, me, or America! Not only did he disrespect America, he just shit on the graves of every American Soldier that has died for this country.
6/15/2010 - PRESIDENT BARRY CAN'T EVEN KEEP A U.S. PARK OPEN!!! He gave the park to mexico & the illegal alien mexican drug cartel!!!
7/6/2010 - American President barry soetoro sues AMERICA!!!
9/11/2010 - YOUR president just gave mexico $1 billion dollars for deepwater oil drilling despite his own moratorium on U.S. deepwater drilling!? More proof that barry hates America!
Treason
–noun
1. the offense of acting to overthrow one's government or to harm or kill its sovereign. 2. A violation of allegiance to one's sovereign or to one's state. 3. the betrayal of a trust or confidence; breach of faith; treachery.
Traitor
–noun
1. a person who betrays another, a cause, or any trust. 2. a person who commits treason by betraying his or her country.
Pslam 109:8
May his days be few; may another take his place of leadership.
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United States Code, Title 8, Chapter 12, Subchapter II, Part VIII, §1325 - "Improper Entry by Alien," any citizen of any country other than the United States who: 1) Enters or attempts to enter the United States at any time or place other than as designated by immigration officers; or 2) Eludes examination or inspection by immigration officers; or 3) Attempts to enter or obtains entry to the United States by a willfully false or misleading representation or the willful concealment of a material fact; has committed a federal crime.
Violations are punishable by criminal fines and imprisonment for up to six months. Repeat offenses can bring up to two years in prison. Additional civil fines may be imposed at the discretion of immigration judges, but civil fines do not negate the criminal sanctions or nature of the offense.
ILLEGAL
-ADJ
1. FORBIDDEN BY LAW; UNLAWFUL; ILLICIT 2. UNAUTHORIZED OR PROHIBITED BY A CODE OF OFFICIAL OR ACCEPTED RULES
-N
3. A PERSON WHO HAS ENTERED OR ATTEMPTED TO ENTER A COUNTRY ILLEGALLY
Illegal Alien
–noun
1. a foreigner who has entered or resides in a country unlawfully or without the country's authorization. 2. a foreigner who enters the U.S. without an entry or immigrant visa, esp. a person who crosses the border by avoiding inspection or who overstays the period of time allowed as a visitor, tourist, or businessperson.
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