Date: Sat, 12 Jul 1997 02:54:30 -0500
Reply-To: Multiple recipients of VirginiaAttorneys-L List

Re: Seeking Representation

Patrick M. Pickett wrote:

Employment of foreigners (aka aliens) may not be deemed employment-at-will if one reads the Immigration Nationality Act (INA), and in particular, Title 8, amended section 1182(n) in view of old section 1182(a)(14); sections 1184(c)(1), 1184(c)(5)(A), 1324(a)(2)(B)(ii), 1324a(a)(1)(B), 1324a(a)(4), and 1324b(a)(1)(A), etc. If you wish I can email you the exact wording of these statutes, which I have retrieved via internet (and verified later in a local library).

The liability of a foreigner worker (aka alien) concerns legalility of admittance, and work authorization by the Dept. of State (visa given by an embassy). The Immigration Service (INS) is responsible for a prior Notice of Action (Form I-797), and later an I-94 card at a designated port entry. This should done in accordance with any part of the INA as a whole. It means that the INS may neither issue an I-797 Form nor an I-94 Card if there is no prior Alien Labor Certification filed with the Dept. of Labor (DOL).

This has been a loophole in the law, which the Congress had likely ignored before IMMACT 1990. Moreover the DOL has failed to regulate and enforce the law because the INS should have been be responsible. There are precedent cases barring the DOL to act. Yet, Title 8, older section 1182(a)(14) as of 1952 and before Nov 29, 1990, had excluded the following classes of aliens from admission into the United States.

8 U.S.C. section 1182(a)(14):
"Aliens seeking to enter the United States, for the purpose
of performing skilled or unskilled labor, unless the
Secretary of Labor has determined and certified to the
Secretary of State and the Attorney General that (A) there
are not sufficient workers who are able, willing qualified
... and available ... to perform such skilled or unskilled
labor, and (B) the employment of such aliens will not
adversely affect the wages and working conditions of the
workers in the United States similarly employed."

It means that to protect US workers from unfair competition by alien (slaves), no alien may be granted working visa (whether temporary or Green Card) without prior certification of the DOL. Yet, INS would not deal with labor issues which according to the INS are under the ultimate jurisdiction of the DOL. ;-)

What would you say about possible remedies of an abused alien worker, if an employer had conspired to organize a working visa by fraud, and suceeded to put such an alien in a "never never land"?

May the provisions of RICO, 18 USC 1964(c), be invoked?

Doron

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