Tuesday, June 5, 2012

Obama administration files civil rights lawsuit against Las Vegas casino for asking for too much paperwork from aliens

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6/4/12, "Justice Department alleges Las Vegas casino discriminated against non-citizens," Las Vegas Sun, Steve Green

"The U.S. Justice Department is suing the Tuscany Suites & Casino in Las Vegas over allegations the property discriminated against non-U.S. citizen job applicants and employees over a five-year period.

The Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division in Washington, D.C., last week announced it filed a lawsuit against the hotel-casino in the Office of the Chief Administrative Hearing Officer of the agency and served the company on May 29....

The suit alleges the property engaged in a pattern or practice of discrimination in the employment eligibility verification and reverification process.

The complaint alleges:

Tuscany treated non-citizens differently from U.S. citizens during the employment eligibility verification and reverification process by requesting non-citizen employees provide more or different documents or information than was required."...

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