Hi friend,

Happy Labor Day. At NILC, we believe that the rights of all workers, no matter
where they were born, must be respected and that abusive employers must be held
accountable. That’s why we fought so hard for deferred action for workers — a
process that allows immigrant workers who experience or witness workplace abuse
to safely cooperate with labor agency investigations without fear of retaliation
based on their immigration status.

Successfully pushing the Biden administration to release this guidance last year
was a huge victory and the start of a critical next chapter — ensuring that
workers know that this protection is available and have the tools they need to
step forward. We got to work right away.

To date, NILC has led five legal clinics, assisting over 200 workers in
Illinois, New Jersey, California, and Colorado.

At each clinic, we partner with local organizations and labor unions to guide
workers through the application process, providing legal advice, completing
immigration forms, translations, and more. We’ve also developed toolkits and
materials to support others hosting these clinics, extending our reach even
further.

The stories we hear at these clinics are proof of why we needed this policy in
the first place. NILC attorneys have heard from workers across the country experiencing severe
abuses like wage theft, dangerous working conditions, and interference with
unionizing efforts. The injustices go so far as worker deaths — from a fatal
chemical leak at a poultry plant in Georgia to a farmworker run over by a truck
in California’s Central Valley, where the employer forced others to keep working
alongside her dead body.

These clinics go beyond providing legal assistance — they create spaces for
workers to connect and organize. Together, over potluck meals, we bring workers together to build community and
connection. That’s what worker power is all about.

We can’t continue this vital work without your support, friend. Will you contribute $10 today to help fund our deferred action
legal clinics? Your donation will enable us to assist more workers facing severe
abuses and ensure they have the opportunity to receive the protections they
need.
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Lynn Damiano Pearson
Immigration Attorney
National Immigration Law Center

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