Labor Department Does Not Track Illegal Aliens' Complaints Against Employers
Monday, September 27, 2010
- Organization: CNS News
- Link: http://www.cnsnews.com
The U.S. Department of Labor unveiled its “We Can Help” campaign to protect workers “regardless of their immigration status” as part of a big event in Chicago seven months ago. But the department is not releasing information about complaints from illegal aliens made against employers since the outreach campaign began.
That’s according to Judicial Watch, a conservative watchdog group that announced a lawsuit against the Labor Department on Friday. Judicial Watch filed a Freedom of Information Act request with the agency, but it has not received information on “records of complaints by undocumented workers under the Wage and Hour Davison’s ‘We Can Help’ program.”
The Labor Department does not keep data on who is undocumented or not, a Wage and Hour Division spokeswoman told CNSNews.com Friday. The Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division stresses that this is not a new program, but rather an outreach campaign designed not just for illegal aliens but for all workers. (click on link to read full story)

