The Justice Department has added a new designation for employers who choose to examine their immigrant employees’ employment authorization paperwork: discriminators.

In a video released by the Civil Rights Division’s Office of Special Counsel for Immigration-Related Unfair Employment Practices (OSC) last week, employers were encouraged to retain immigrant workers who specifically hail from El Salvador and claim Temporary Protected Status (TPS) — even if their employment authorization has expired. If employees fail to provide the proper paperwork that proves their immigration status and employment eligibility are legal, their employers should make an “exception to the rule,” the video says.

“We want to follow the rules but we don’t want to lose these workers or discriminate against them. They are too valuable.”

“Don’t we always have to have unexpired documents?” an actor posing as an employer in the video asks.

“I think this is an exception to that rule,” an actress in the video responds. “We want to follow the rules but we don’t want to lose these workers or discriminate against them. They are too valuable.”

So now it’s called “discrimination” if a U.S. employer asks for valid, unexpired worker eligibility documents. The video warns that if an employer requests updated information about an immigrant’s legal employment status, it could constitute a violation of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA).

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The Department of Homeland Security has chosen to extend the employment authorization for immigrants from El Salvador for six months past its original Sept. 9 deadline. But rather than ensure those migrants have proper documentation of their legal status, the Justice Department has decided to label employers who are simply trying to follow the law as somehow guilty of  “discrimination.”

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“This video provides employers with a clear reminder and practical guidance to ensure that they comply with federal law when verifying the employment eligibility of Salvadoran workers with Temporary Protected Status,” Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Vanita Gupta, head of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division, said in a statement. “The Justice Department is firmly committed to protecting the rights of all work-authorized immigrants and ensuring that employers do not engage in unlawful discrimination.”