Immigrant and Employee Rights Section (IER); Best Practices for Avoiding Immigration-Related Employment Discrimination
Join Alberto Ruisanchez, Chief of the Department of Justice’s Immigrant and Employee Rights Section (IER), as he discusses the Immigration and Nationality Act’s anti-discrimination provision and IER’s Protecting U.S. Workers Initiative, incorporating recent case examples and best practices for avoiding unlawful immigration-related discrimination. Fragomen Partner Patrick Shen, formerly Special Counsel for Immigration-Related Unfair Employment Practices at the Department of Justice, will share ideas on how to avoid liability generally under the INA’s anti-discrimination provision, specifically what employers need to know when placing a job vacancy announcement, verifying employment eligibility, and managing the services from a third-party vendor.
Learning Objectives:
- Learn best practices to avoid discrimination and common pitfalls that can lead an employer to violate the INA’s anti-discrimination provision.
- Become familiar with public education resources available through IER’s website and IER’s Employer and Worker Hotlines.
Patrick Shen
Patrick Shen is a partner with Fragomen’s Government Strategies and Compliance Group. He previously was confirmed unanimously by the U.S. Senate in 2007 as Special Counsel for Immigration-related Unfair Employment Practices. He also served as ICE Policy and Planning Director, Chief Immigration Counsel of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and trial attorney with DOJ’s Office of Immigration Litigation. Patrick was an adjunct professor of law at American University, and became an emergency medical technician in 2002 in Maryland where he still volunteers with his fire department. Patrick was a sports reporter in Taiwan before law school.