Emerging Issues: National Origin Discrimination in Employment

Sunday, September 1, 2002

The increase in immigration to the United States, coupled with the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, may cause a rise in employment discrimination based on national origin. Federal and state laws and regulations prohibit such discrimination, and the courts have interpreted those provisions in numerous cases. An attorney for UNC Chapel Hill provides an overview.

Citation: 
Cleveland, Joanna C. "Emerging Issues: National Origin Discrimination in Employment." Popular Government 68, no. 1 (Fall 2002): 17-27.
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