Undocumented Workers to be issued Work Permits?!
Being so close to one of the country’s most porous borders, this issue has to be monitored, in San Diego County the possibility of Obama issuing millions of permits to undocumented workers will have a major impact on the local work numbers.
Within the next two months, the U.S. DHS Security (Department of Homeland) will review the work permit applications for millionsw of undocumented workers. These work permits would have a validity of two years and they could be renewed later. If you wish to be eligible for the review you should have a proof of the below mentioned criteria:
-The undocumented worker should be living in the US for more than 5 years.
-The age of the worker should not be more than 30 years and he or she should have been less than 16 years of age when they first entered U.S.
-The undocumented worker should be in high school or graduated high school or they should have been honorably discharged from the military services
-They should have sound moral character (most likely documented by the lack of a criminal record)
This resembles the Dream Act where it was mandatory for undocumented workers to be students or hold a college degree from US. The DHS termed this as ‘Deferred Action Amnesty’ and believes that these people should be deported, but no action has been taken as yet.
According to the DHS, around 800,000 people are presently eligible under this program in US and 200,000 of them live in California.
More details will be revealed in the coming weeks and you can find out about the original DHS announcement here.
Labor law is not quite simple and in case you have any queries regarding your employment, then you should get in touch with our California Labor Law attorneys at UELG who will assist you in knowing your rights.
These attorneys will be willing to assess your situation without any charges.
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