Because some applicants are submitting applications to different establishments, they have to get more than one police clearance, said Camacho, a former police major.
Many U.S. workers applying for jobs previously held by nonresident workers have expressed concern about the police clearance requirement, he added.
Camacho is asking the employers to require a police clearance only when the applicant is hired.
Or at least the employer should not require the original copy of the police clearance as long as it is within the 30-day validity period, he added.
“In these tough times, applicants are conscious about spending money,” he said.
According to Camacho, some of the job requirements are “discouraging.”
He mentioned, for instance, a vacancy announcement for “Chinese or Japanese” speaking applicants.
“I doubt if their current workers speak those languages,” he said.
Camacho, who has been campaigning for more local resident hiring in the private sector, said some employers are using “unfair tactics” to retain their nonresident workers.
These businesses, he said, should think about 2014, the final year of the CW regulation.
“They have no choice but to follow the federal law,” he said, as he asked employers to be fair when dealing with local applicants.
