Migrant Workers Get Labor Protections Under New DHS Policy (1)

The US Department of Homeland Security has released instructions on how migrant workers can claim protections from deportation or other immigration enforcement if they are involved in labor disputes.

The guidelines, released Friday, lay out the process for undocumented workers to apply for enforcement relief known as deferred action if they have been victims of or are participating in an investigation involving violations of labor law.

Workers will be able to apply for the relief on the DHS website and the agency will provide “a single intake point for deferred action requests,” the agency said in an announcement. The system ...