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    Labor & Employment Law Daily Wrap Up, IMMIGRATION NEWS—Colorado Attorney General warns employers about making illegal deportation threats to immigrant workers who report wage theft, (Aug 28, 2025)

    By Brandi O. Brown, J.D.

    Among other things, it is illegal to threaten to call ICE in response to a worker’s assertion of rights under the state wage act, the alert explains.

    This week, Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser issued an alert to remind Colorado employers ...

    By Brandi O. Brown, J.D.

    Among other things, it is illegal to threaten to call ICE in response to a worker’s assertion of rights under the state wage act, the alert explains.

    This week, Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser issued an alert to remind Colorado employers of their legal responsibilities and employees of their rights when it comes to reporting wage theft and retaliation against such reports. According to the AG’s office, it has received reports of employers making illegal deportation threats to immigrant workers who report wage theft.

    Including threats to call ICE.Under Colorado law, the alert explains, it is illegal to make threats of reporting or to report a worker to any local, state, or federal law enforcement organization, including U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), in retaliation for a worker’s assertion of their legal rights.

    “I want Colorado employers to know that it is illegal to threaten to call ICE, or any law enforcement organization, in response to a worker asserting their rights under the Colorado Wage Act,” said Attorney General Weiser. “I encourage any worker, regardless of their immigration status, who experiences retaliation after reporting wage theft, to file a retaliation claim with the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment and to file a complaint with me at StopFraudColorado.gov. I will not hesitate to use my authority under the law to hold accountable employers who illegally use fear and intimidation to prevent workers from exercising their legal rights.”

    Using status as threat or to avoid pay. Under state law, the alert explains, workers are protected from retaliation—including using or threatening to use their immigration status against them—for engaging in protected activity, including filing formal and informal complaints about wage theft to an employer or any other person or entity. Workers are protected even if they are ultimately incorrect about the complaint. Also, any effort to use a person’s immigration status to avoid payment of wages, or any other exercise of labor rights, is illegal, the alert reminds readers.

    In addition to filing a formal claim with CDLE, workers have also been encouraged to file a complaint at StopFraudColorado.gov if they have been subjected to any illegal employer conduct.

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