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<blockquote data-quote="Babagounj" data-source="post: 753755" data-attributes="member: 12952">Obama’s DOJ Sues Companies that Ask for Proof of CitizenshipRugmaker accused of asking&nbsp; for too much citizenship proofDave FlessnerThree months after one carpet maker agreed to pay $18 million to&nbsp; settle claims it didn’t do enough to verify the immigration status of&nbsp; its workers, another is being charged with demanding too much hiring&nbsp; documentation.The U.S. Department of Justice is suing Garland Sales Inc., claiming&nbsp; the Dalton rugmaker discriminated last year against a Spanish-speaking&nbsp; job applicant by demanding he produce a “green card,” the federal&nbsp; document that is proof an immigrant is a legal, permanent U.S. resident.The applicant, Juan R. Alanis, is a U.S. citizen who showed a Georgia&nbsp; driver’s license and his Social Security card to Garland’s personnel&nbsp; director to verify his citizenship and employment eligibility.In an eight-page complaint against the company, the Executive Office&nbsp; for Immigration Review charged that Garland Sales improperly withdrew&nbsp; its job offer to Mr. Alanis after he told a company interpreter he&nbsp; didn’t have a green card because he is a U.S. citizen.(note: he needed an interpreter)</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Babagounj, post: 753755, member: 12952"] [B]Obama’s DOJ Sues Companies that Ask for Proof of Citizenship[/B] [B]Rugmaker accused of asking for too much citizenship proof Dave Flessner[/B] Three months after one carpet maker agreed to pay $18 million to settle claims it didn’t do enough to verify the immigration status of its workers, another is being charged with demanding too much hiring documentation. The U.S. Department of Justice is suing Garland Sales Inc., claiming the Dalton rugmaker discriminated last year against a Spanish-speaking job applicant by demanding he produce a “green card,” the federal document that is proof an immigrant is a legal, permanent U.S. resident. The applicant, Juan R. Alanis, is a U.S. citizen who showed a Georgia driver’s license and his Social Security card to Garland’s personnel director to verify his citizenship and employment eligibility. In an eight-page complaint against the company, the Executive Office for Immigration Review charged that Garland Sales improperly withdrew its job offer to Mr. Alanis after he told a company interpreter he didn’t have a green card because he is a U.S. citizen. (note: he needed an interpreter) [/QUOTE]

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