Dear Editor:
I am writing to express concerns about Employer Information Bulletin
108 recently published by the Department of Home Land Security,
particularly the section of "Permanent, Unrestricted Employment". I am asking immigration lawyers to take action and discuss this matter with the state agency. In this section, naturalize US citizens and citizens born in the
US are defined as "foreign nationals." This categorization indicates dangerous thinking behind the policy. It is dangerous because it alienates American people and divides the diverse American population.
It may lead to what happened to Japanese-Americans during WWII when they
were confined to concentration camps. Japanese-Americans were denied
personal justice simply because they were considered by the government
as "Japanese nationals." But they were not Japanese nationals. They
were born Americans, who were no different from other Americans whose
great-grandpas were German, or British, or Irish. I urge Americans who want to uphold democracy and civil rights in this
country to take action and show the state agency what is wrong with its
definition and policy. We must point out that the agency's thinking
about Americans who look different is politically wrong and dangerous.
The Bulletin actually asks employers to do racial profiling (for example, when should an employer ask a person to show the passport or US birth certificate?). The agency must change the definition and the policy.
Concerned person
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