Immigrant and Employee Rights Section

How Does IER Protect Your Rights?  View this brief video.

The Immigrant and Employee Rights Section (IER), enforces the anti-discrimination provision of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA), 8 U.S.C. § 1324b. Regulations for this law are found at 28 C.F.R. Part 44.

This federal law prohibits: 1) citizenship status discrimination in hiring, firing, or recruitment or referral for a fee, 2) national origin discrimination in hiring, firing, or recruitment or referral for a fee, 3) unfair documentary practices during the employment eligibility verification process (generally, Form I-9 and E-Verify), and 4) retaliation or intimidation.

If you feel you have suffered one of these forms of discrimination, file a charge or call our Worker Hotline: 1-800-255-7688.

If you are an employer with questions about the anti-discrimination provision of the INA, watch this IER employer training or call our Employer Hotline: 1-800-255-8155.

If you are a worker and want to learn more about how the Immigration and Nationality Act protects workers from immigration-related discrimination, watch this IER worker training or call our Worker Hotline: 1-800-255-7688.