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Mrs. Overall

(6,839 posts)
Tue Jul 3, 2018, 04:56 PM Jul 2018

Sessions rescinds guidance on refugees, asylum seekers' right to work

Source: The Hill

Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Tuesday rescinded a 2011 guidance that dictated refugees and asylum seekers have the right to work.

The document, issued by the Office of Special Counsel for Immigration-Related Unfair Employment Practices, stated that the refugees and asylum seekers are “authorized to work indefinitely” and can receive Social Security cards “without employment restrictions.”

The guidance also stated that employers cannot require employees to show Department of Homeland Security-issued documents, if they have a Social Security Card and a state-issued driver’s license or ID card. Employers were also blocked from refusing to hire refugees or asylum seekers for not having a Social Security number, according to the guidance.

The Justice Department announced Tuesday that it was rescinding 24 guidance documents that were deemed to be "unnecessary, outdated, inconsistent with existing law, or otherwise improper," according to a department release.

Sessions said in the release that Americans "deserve to have their voices heard and a government that is accountable to them."

Read more: http://thehill.com/regulation/international/395440-sessions-rescinds-guidance-on-refugees-asylum-seekers-right-to-work?__twitter_impression=true&__twitter_impression=true&__twitter_impression=true

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Sessions rescinds guidance on refugees, asylum seekers' right to work (Original Post) Mrs. Overall Jul 2018 OP
Okay there zippy..... turbinetree Jul 2018 #1
J.F.C. Leghorn21 Jul 2018 #2
More cruelty from the Department of Cruel Justice.... KY_EnviroGuy Jul 2018 #3
His sadism is never ending dalton99a Jul 2018 #4
Surprise surprise Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jul 2018 #5

turbinetree

(24,683 posts)
1. Okay there zippy.....
Tue Jul 3, 2018, 05:31 PM
Jul 2018

Sessions said in the release that Americans "deserve to have their voices heard and a government that is accountable to them."


RESIGN....................your a LIAR and you forgot to call the FBI when you made contact with a Russian Spy.................

KY_EnviroGuy

(14,488 posts)
3. More cruelty from the Department of Cruel Justice....
Tue Jul 3, 2018, 06:16 PM
Jul 2018

Lock them up, steal their children or leave their children and spouses homeless, put them out of a job and throw them out of the country - with no plan whatsoever for the backlash or the humanitarian disaster they've created.......

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