This process, which worker advocates have long sought, should bolster labor law compliance and prevent employers from misusing immigration enforcement to thwart workplace justice. “These DHS protections will take immigration enforcement off the table during labor disputes, and hold abusive employers accountable for sacrificing worker safety and wages in the name of profit,” explained Jessie Hahn, a National Immigration Law Center attorney who has advocated for this guidance for years. The new process for labor agencies simply creates a streamlined way for federal, state, and local labor enforcers to submit a “statement of interest,” explaining why it would help their enforcement for DHS to grant discretionary status to workers in a particular case.