Summary and Analysis of the Citizenship Discrimination Lawsuit Filed Against Facebook

What’s Happening

Following a two-year investigation into Facebook’s practices, on December 3rd, 2020, The Department of Justice, Immigrant and Employee Rights Section (IER), filed a Complaint against Facebook alleging that the company knowingly and intentionally engaged in a pattern of discrimination against U.S. workers. The Complaint charges Facebook with discrimination based on citizenship or immigration status resulting from the way the company structured and carried out its recruitment practices related to the PERM labor certification process.

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