Section (f) EFFECT ON OTHER LAWS. — The provisions of this section and of the immigration laws, as defined in section 101(a)(17) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(17)), shall, on the transition program effective date, supersede and replace all laws, provisions, or programs of the Commonwealth relating to the admission of aliens and the removal of aliens from the Commonwealth.”
Only laws “relating to admissions of aliens and the removal of aliens from the Commonwealth” are preempted, nothing else.
In fact, in every state, there are parallel labor provisions of federal law (U.S. Labor Department and Department of Homeland Security) and state law. Employers must obey both sets of laws. (Just like federal minimum wage laws cover interstate commerce and state minimum wage laws cover everything else.) The “activists” who hoped for the demise of the CNMI Labor Department have been sorely disappointed. They are particularly fearful because, if the CNMI Labor Department revokes umbrella permits, then workers are deportable within 10 days under federal law unless they can get a federal permit. Guess what? There are no federal permits at the moment, because the federal regulations were thrown out by a federal judge. So the real fear of Wendy Doromal and Rabby Syed is that there are only federal visas and when an umbrella permit is revoked, it means no jobs. Under federal law, if they are illegal for a certain period of time, they are disqualified from entering the U.S. on any improved status.
Again, I find it interesting the connections between Interior, foreign organizations and Human Rights activist Wendy Doromal. Interior supports hidden agendas since the beginning of our fight. I was also not aware that the newly installed assistant secretary Tony Babauta could give legal advice to foreign organizations on U.S. soil.
GREGORIO CRUZ
Taotao Tano
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