Sec. 701. Unfair immigration-related employment practices
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Section 274B ( 8 U.S.C. 1324b ) is amended— in subsection (a)(5)— by amending the paragraph heading to read ; Prohibition of intimidation, retaliation, or unlawful discrimination in employment by moving the text down and to the right 2 ems; by inserting before such text the following: ; and
(A)I n general.— by adding at the end the following: It is an unfair employment practice for any employer to directly or indirectly threaten any individual with removal or any other adverse consequences pertaining to that individual’s immigration status or employment benefits for the purpose of intimidating, pressuring, or coercing any such individual not to exercise any right protected by State or Federal labor or employment law (including section 7 of the National Labor Relations Act ( 29 U.S.C. 157 )), or for the purpose of retaliating against any such individual for having exercised or having stated an intention to exercise any such right. It is an unfair employment practice for any employer, except to the extent specifically authorized or required by law, to discriminate in any term or condition of employment against any individual employed by such employer on the basis of such individual’s immigration status. ; and in subsection (c)(2), by adding at the end the following: The Special Counsel shall not disclose to the Secretary of Homeland Security or any other government agency or employee, and shall not cause to be published in a manner that discloses to the Secretary of Homeland Security or any other government agency or employee, any information obtained by the Special Counsel in any manner concerning the immigration status of any individual who has filed a charge under this section, or the identity of any individual or entity that is a party or witness to a proceedings brought pursuant to such charge. The Secretary of Homeland Security may not rely, in whole or in part, in any enforcement action or removal proceeding, upon any information obtained as a result of the filing or prosecution of an unfair immigration-related employment practice charge. For purposes of this paragraph, the term . Special Counsel includes individuals formerly appointed to the position of Special Counsel and any current or former employee of the office of the Special Counsel. Whoever knowingly uses, publishes, or permits information to be used in violation of this paragraph shall be fined not more than $10,000.
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