The Department of Justice today announced the award of $710,500 in grants to 11 groups serving communities throughout the country, to conduct public education programs for workers and employers about immigration-related job discrimination.
The grants, which range from $40,000 to $100,000, are being awarded by the Office of Special Counsel for Immigration-Related Unfair Employment Practices (OSC) of the Civil Rights Division. Recipients will assist discrimination victims; conduct seminars for workers, employers and immigration service providers; distribute educational materials in various languages; and place advertisements in local communities through both mainstream and ethnic media.
"The Public Education grant program enables OSC to collaborate with professional and community-based organizations to educate workers and employers about their rights and responsibilities under the anti-discrimination provisions of our immigration laws" said Grace Chung Becker, Acting Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division. "Our grantee organizations play a vital role in helping OSC to prevent immigration-related discrimination in the workplace"
The mission of OSC is to educate both legally authorized workers and their employers about the anti-discrimination provisions of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA), enforce legal protections against citizenship and national-origin discrimination, and document abuse in hiring and firing.
The 2008 OSC grant recipients are:
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Asian Pacific American Legal Center of Southern California
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Catholic Charities of Dallas
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Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Palm Beach
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City of Phoenix Equal Opportunity Department
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Colorado Legal Services
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League of United Latin-American Citizens
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Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles
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Lutheran Children and Family Services of Eastern Pennsylvania
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Nachman & Associates
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National Immigration Law Center
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New York City Human Rights Commission
Source: Department of Justice
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