Sen Vance questions DOJ on companies favoring migrant workers over Americans [Video]

FIRST ON FOX: Sen. J.D. Vance, R-Ohio, is demanding answers from the Department of Justice about companies allegedly prioritizing hiring migrant workers over U.S. citizens, despite federal law requiring them to do the opposite. 

In a letter to Kristen Clarke, the Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights, and Alberto Ruisanchez, the Chief of the Immigrant and Employee Rights Section (IER), Vance expressed his concerns as to whether the DOJ “is faithfully carrying out its statutory duty to protect American workers from employment practices that privilege asylum seekers, parolees, and other aliens over American citizens.”

The letter was sent on Wednesday and was also signed by Sens. Mike Lee, R-Utah, and Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala.

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Vance noted that under the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA), citizens of the U.S. are “protected” and cannot be discriminated against in hiring processes due to their status as American citizens. Under …