Suspends scheme that was being used to exclude Americans, give jobs to foreigners
By Bob Unruh
A lawsuit has been filed by the U.S. Department of Justice Civil Rights Division against Cloudera, a California tech company, for allegedly violating the Immigration and Nationality Act by discriminating against U.S. workers, and favoring foreigner workers allowed in the U.S. on temporary visas.
“Employers cannot use the PERM sponsorship process as a backdoor for discriminating against U.S. workers,” said Assistant Attorney General Harmeet K. Dhillon of the DOJ. “The division will not hesitate to sue companies who intentionally deter U.S. workers from applying to American jobs.”
In support, the U.S. Department of Labor confirmed an enforcement action that suspends the company’s ability to participate in such employee applications for six months.