Amici File Briefs In Washington Supreme Court: Immigration Detainees Are Employees

(September 7, 2023, 10:30 AM EDT) -- OLYMPIA, Wash. — Federal immigration detainees who participate in a work program and the for-profit operator of the detention center where they are housed have an employer-employee relationship, the American Civil Liberties Union of Washington Foundation (ACLU) argues in one of the recent amicus briefs filed in the Washington Supreme Court addressing questions certified by the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals in a wage-and-hour class dispute....