As Sebastian Wright Garcia explains in his article, “A Refined Way To Protect Noncitizen Workers,” in the March Illinois Bar Journal, the Biden administration in 2023 formalized a program to prioritize noncitizen labor protections and to prosecute employers who violate labor and employment laws. To encourage the help of undocumented noncitizens in these cases, Wright Garcia notes, the administration began to implement a new guidance called Deferred Action for Labor Enforcement to promote the fair execution of labor laws.

Wright Garcia goes on to examine how the new process: 1) recognizes the practice of bad employers weaponizing employees’ immigration status to thwart and diminish the enforcement of labor laws; 2) and protects noncitizen workers.

 Read the March IBJ article, "A Refined Way To Protect Noncitizen Workers."