The Department of Homeland Security and the Office of Insular Affairs should pay a private consultant to run program, she said.
This will allow federal authorities to get an inside view of the department, familiarize themselves with the local system, and get a true and accurate report of records, Doromal added.
Labor said it has no funding for the project that aims to review the records of guest workers from 1989 to 2002.
It is seeking funding support from the Office of Interior Affairs or the Department of Homeland Security.
“This is a government that is suing the federal government at a cost of $50,000 a month in attorney’s fees, and will not reveal the source of the funding,” Doromal said. “They obviously can find funding sources when they want to.”
Doromal noted that OIA provided the Fitial administration over $100,000, which ended up paying consultants “to produce a piece of propaganda masked as an economic report.”
This report was used to support the governor’s federalization lawsuit.
“As a taxpayer I do not appreciate my money being spent in this way,” Doromal said.
She also questioned Labor’s statement that it will work closely with all legislators to address quickly any complaints from workers.
Doromal said she and some guest workers have been sending certified return receipt letters to Labor without getting any response.
She said even Rep. Tina Sablan, Ind.-Saipan, has sent several letters and e-mails to the department but has also received no response.
