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ecent guidance from the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) makes it clear that national origin protections under Title VII of the Civil Rights Acts of 1964 protect American workers. In a one-page guidance document, the EEOC emphasized that federal law prohibits employers from favoring foreign workers to the detriment of American workers based on national origin—as opposed to nondiscriminatory criteria. The EEOC also updated its national origin discrimination homepage to highlight its stated emphasis on investigating anti-American treatment in the workfor
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e. These changes appear to be in response to the current administration’s view that some employers are abusing the immigration