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Immigrant advocates say US policy change endangers workers

by Associated Press
| July 8, 2020 12:03 AM

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Immigrant advocates in New Orleans claim in a federal lawsuit that federal rule changes made last year by the U.S. Department of Labor will make foreign workers fearful of reporting workplace abuses or human trafficking for fear of being deported.

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