Feds Can Sue Car Wash in Undocumented Workers’ Bias Case

• Whether undocumented immigrants ‘qualified’ for their jobs immaterial to hostile environment claims • Appeals court that said federal anti-discrimination law doesn’t apply to undocumented immigrants may be reconsidering • Allowing pursuit of anti-discrimination claims aligns with undocumented immigrants’ rights under labor law

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission can bring discrimination claims on behalf of undocumented immigrants despite a federal appeals court’s suggestion otherwise, a federal judge in Maryland ruled.

Judge James K. Bredar’s April 17 refusal to dismiss a case against a Maryland car wash has the potential to make waves in terms of the scope of Title VII ...