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Hidden among a flurry of executive orders, within the first week of President Trump’s second term of office, the media reports the DOJ issued a freeze memorandum to its Civil Rights Division, which is the arm of the DOJ that enforces federal statutes prohibiting discrimination on the basis of race, color, sex, disability, religion, familial status, military status, or national origin. The memorandum reportedly freezes any ongoing litigation held over from the Biden administration, and it halts the division’s pursuit of any new cases or settlements. The Civil Rights Division is also tasked with enforcing voting and election laws. Although not confirmed, it is believed the action is aimed at freezing Biden administration’s focus on cases and claims involving discrimination and violence within police forces throughout the country, as well as cutting back on enforcement of existing voting rights laws.
What is unknown at this time is how this freeze will impact IER, whose role is to enforce the Immigration and Nationality Act’s (INA) prohibition on citizenship discrimination in the hiring, recruitment, and termination phases of employment. The INA also prohibits asking for more or different documents during I-9 processing during an...
Housing Department clarifies online comments about interim housing units In response to netizens' comments on a social media platform about victims of the fire incident in Wang Fuk Court in Tai Po...