At a glance
- EEOC Acting Chair has announced intent to focus on protecting American Workers from anti-American bias.
- EEOC will also help deter illegal migration and reduce abuse of legal immigration programs.
In February, EEOC Acting Chair Andrea Lucas announced the agency’s intent to focus on protecting American Workers from anti-American bias.
The statement emphasizes the EEOC’s commitment to protect all workers from unlawful national origin discrimination, including 'American workers' and states that the EEOC 'will help deter illegal migration and reduce the abuse of legal immigration programs by increasing enforcement of employment antidiscrimination laws against employers that illegally prefer non-American workers, as well as against staffing agencies and other agents that unlawfully comply with client companies’ illegal preferences against American workers.'
