The U.S. Justice Department has entered into a settlement agreement worth more than half a million dollars to end an immigrant bias investigation of a staffing agency. The $557,500 settlement resolves allegations that the staffing firm violated the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) by using job postings that discouraged applications from non-U.S. citizens who were authorized to work in the United States. In addition, the staffing agency was accused of screening out or failing to meaningfully consider job candidates based on their citizenship status.
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