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OSHA to issue special visas to immigrant workers during criminal investigations | Construction Dive

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Victims of a range of criminal activities may be able to assist law enforcement, the U.S. Department of Labor said.

Dive Brief: The U.S. Department of Labor will give the Occupational Safety and Health Administration the authority to issue special visa certificates to noncitizen workers at worksites where certain criminal activities are being investigated, the federal agency said in a Feb. 13 notice. Effective March 30, OSHA will be able to issue "U visas" and "T visas" during its workplace safety investigations if workers are victims of specific criminal activities, such as manslaughter, trafficking, extortion, felonious assault, forced labor and obstruction of justice, to allow them to assist law…

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