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Washington State Fights Employer Coercion with New Immigration Law
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Your boss just lost one of his favorite weapons. And he is already panicking. Washington State just made it illegal for your employer to threaten you with ICE. Not frowned upon. Not discouraged. Illegal. Senate Bill 5104. Effective now. Here is what the law says. If your boss threatens to call immigration because you filed a wage complaint, that is coercion. If he implies your status will be reported because you asked for overtime, that is coercion. First violation. One thousand dollars in fines. Repeat violation. Ten thousand dollars per worker. And under the Immigrant Worker Protection Act, your boss