In the wake of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, Congress rightly required new background checks for the nation’s 1.5 million port workers. Unfortunately, the checks, which became mandatory for all port workers this spring, rely on F.B.I. and state criminal records that are incomplete and out of date.
The bad data has been catastrophic for port workers across the country. According to a new report by the National Employment Law Project, an advocacy group for workers, the federal government has mistakenly denied credentials to tens of thousands of people. They have either lost their jobs while awaiting clearance or gone without paychecks for six or seven months until the denials were finally reversed on appeal.
Congress can fix this problem by speeding up the approval process and requiring the F.B.I. to verify the accuracy of criminal records before issuing background reports.
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نسرین ستوده: زندانی روز | Dec 04 | |
Saeed Malekpour: Prisoner of the day | Lawyer says death sentence suspended | Dec 03 |
Majid Tavakoli: Prisoner of the day | Iterview with mother | Dec 02 |
احسان نراقی: جامعه شناس و نویسنده ۱۳۰۵-۱۳۹۱ | Dec 02 | |
Nasrin Sotoudeh: Prisoner of the day | 46 days on hunger strike | Dec 01 |
Nasrin Sotoudeh: Graffiti | In Barcelona | Nov 30 |
گوهر عشقی: مادر ستار بهشتی | Nov 30 | |
Abdollah Momeni: Prisoner of the day | Activist denied leave and family visits for 1.5 years | Nov 30 |
محمد کلالی: یکی از حمله کنندگان به سفارت ایران در برلین | Nov 29 | |
Habibollah Golparipour: Prisoner of the day | Kurdish Activist on Death Row | Nov 28 |