Washington, D.C. (October 17, 2019) – The Center for Immigration Studies will host a panel discussion on Thursday, October 24, focusing on employer discrimination against native-born workers.

The conversation will center on the release of a new report examining real-world case studies in which the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has sued employers for systematically favoring low-skill immigrants over native workers. After the report's author, independent policy analyst Jason Richwine, presents his findings, Peter Kirsanow, a member of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, will offer comments based on the Commission's work on immigration’s impact on black workers. Kevin Lynn, executive director of Progressives for Immigration Reform, will complement the discussion by highlighting similar discrimination against higher-skilled native workers.

Richwine says, "U.S. companies appear to prefer low-skill foreign-born labor over their native-born counterparts, particularly blacks, and the resulting discrimination against U.S.-born workers is neither subconscious nor subtle. If the anti-native mindset among U.S. employers is as widespread as these cases suggest, the number of American workers who suffer could be large."

When: Thursday, October 24, 2019, at 9:30 a.m.

Where: National Press Club, 529 14th St. NW, 13th Floor, Washington, D.C.

Stream: Facebook Live

Who:

• Jason Richwine Ph.D., an independent public policy analyst and National Review contributor.


• Peter Kirsanow, serving his third term as a member of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, and a partner with a law firm specializing in labor and employment law.


• Kevin Lynn, executive director of Progressives for Immigration Reform, an organization focused on the unintended consequences of immigration policies and guest worker programs that undermine working Americans.