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Board approves county 'Know Your Rights' training for businesses and workers after ICE raid video
Summary
The San Diego County Board of Supervisors voted 4–1 to direct staff to develop and implement a 'Know Your Rights' training program for small businesses and workers to prepare for federal immigration enforcement actions; the item passed with Supervisor Desmond voting no.
The San Diego County Board of Supervisors on July 22 directed county staff to develop and implement a "Know Your Rights" training program for small businesses and workers that would provide guidance in the event federal immigration enforcement — including ICE and other Homeland Security agencies — conducts workplace operations.
Chair Tara Lawson Reimer introduced the item and opened the meeting with a short video showing a recent federal enforcement operation at a restaurant. Lawson Reimer said the county must ensure workers and employers understand "that due process does not disappear just based on where you're born," and she described the proposed program as a means to protect workplaces, preserve jobs and reduce community harm.
The program approved by the board calls for the Office of Labor Standards and Enforcement (county office) to roll out…
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