By Michael Snyder, August 19, 2013
Instead of making sure that U.S.
employers are not hiring illegal immigrants, the Obama
administration has actually signed a secret deal with Mexico to
protect the rights of illegal immigrants in the workplace.
According to this memorandum of understanding, the Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission will spend U.S. taxpayer dollars
to educate illegal immigrants about their civil rights, workplace
safety, and minimum wage laws. This is yet another example of how
the Obama administration is openly flouting the law and doing all
that it can
to promote even more illegal immigration. We are rapidly
becoming a lawless nation that has absolutely no regard for the rule
of law, and it all starts with the horrendous example that is being
set at the very top.I was
absolutely stunned when I first heard about this new agreement. How
in the world can the U.S. government promise to assist illegal
immigrants in the workplace? This deal probably breaks a whole
bunch of existing immigration laws, but nobody is doing anything
about it. The following is an excerpt from
the press release about this new deal
The Miami District Office of the
U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) entered into
a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) in Orlando today with the
Consulate General of Mexico in Miami and Consulate of Mexico in
Orlando. The agreement establishes an ongoing collaboration
between these entities to provide Mexican nationals with
information, guidance, and access to resources on the
prevention of discrimination in the workplace regardless
of immigration status. Mexican Consul Efran Nicolas
Leyva Acevedo of Orlando and Miami District Office Director
Malcolm S. Medley signed the agreement. Acting Mexican Consul
General Vladimir Hernandez Lara of Miami signed the document
prior to the meeting today.By signing this Memorandum of
Understanding today with the Mexican Consulate, we of the EEOCs
Miami District have solidified our continued and longstanding
commitment to this underserved community, said Medley. This
agreement provides the opportunity for ongoing education,
outreach and service by the EEOC to Mexican nationals in our
area. We look forward to a long-lasting and significant
partnership.Under the terms of the MOU, the
EEOC will expand its relationship with these two consulates by
providing them with Spanish-language materials explaining the
laws enforced by the federal agency. In addition, the EEOC will
partner with consulate offices to provide information and
training to areas of the state where migrant farm workers and
other Mexican nationals live and work.
And of course this comes at a time of
high unemployment for U.S. citizens and at a time when wages are
being driven down by competition from illegal immigrants inside this
country and by competition from foreign workers overseas.
Unfortunately, the Obama
administration does not seem to care about that. What is important
to them is the radical political agenda that they are relentlessly
pursuing.
The following is what
former police detective Iris Aquino had to say about this
agreement
In other words, the Obama
administration has been siding with and protecting
lawbreakers, while persecuting and prosecuting American business
owners, who in the past administrations were denigrated and even
arrested for hiring or harboring illegal aliens
But of course this is not the first
time the Obama administration has done this sort of thing. Over the
years the Obama administration has made it
abundantly clear that it is on the side of the illegal
immigrants. In fact, the Obama administration
has even gone after employers that require their employees to
speak English in the workplace even though federal law permits them
to do so
Although federal law allows
employers to require English on the job, a national healthcare
firm will dish out nearly half a million dollars to settle a
discrimination lawsuit in which the U.S. government alleges
Hispanic workers were punished for speaking Spanish.Filed by the federal agency that
enforces the nations workplace discrimination laws, the Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the suit accuses
Skilled Healthcare Group Inc. of enforcing an English-only rule
against Hispanics. The firm operates nursing homes and assisted
living facilities in Western and Southern states and the
government says Hispanic employees were harassed for not
speaking English.
And the Obama administration has also
tried to do all that it can to get more immigrants enrolled in
federal welfare programs. In fact, the government actually has a
website that teaches immigrants
how to sign up for welfare programs once they arrive in the
United States. On WelcomeToUSA.gov, immigrants are encouraged to
sign up for all of the government benefits that they are eligible
for. Here is an excerpt
from that page
Depending on your immigration
status, length of time in the United States, and income, you may
be eligible for some federal benefit programs. Government
assistance programs can be critically important to the
well-being of some immigrants and their families. Frequently,
however, there is a lack of information about how to access such
benefits. Benefit programs can be complicated and you may be
given misleading information about how they operate.
But illegal immigrants are not
supposed to be eligible for welfare programs such as food stamps,
right?
Technically yes, but the Obama
administration
has widely distributed materials that inform illegal immigrants
that their immigration status will not be checked
by government officials when they apply for food stamps.
How bizarre is that?
And not only is the Obama
administration doing all that it can for illegal immigrants, it is
even stopping state governments from enforcing our immigration
laws. In fact, the Obama administration
actually took the state of Arizona to court to keep them from
cracking down on illegal immigration.
Meanwhile, illegal immigration
continues to have a very negative effect on thousands of communities
all over the United States. If you doubt this, please see my
previous article entitled 19
Very Disturbing Facts About Illegal Immigration That Every American
Should Know.