Author: Houston Stringer

WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division has reached a settlement with TekisHub Consulting Services, LLC, a Delaware-based IT staffing and recruitment company, over allegations that it unlawfully restricted job opportunities to individuals holding H-1B visas, in violation of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA). According to the DOJ, TekisHub limited recruitment for certain positions to non-citizen workers on H-1B visas, excluding qualified U.S. citizens and other workers with legal work authorization. The Department alleged this practice constituted unlawful discrimination based on citizenship status. Under the settlement agreement, TekisHub will: Pay $200,000 in civil penalties to the United States Revise its employment and recruiting ...

WASHINGTON, DC – Oleg Chistyakov, also known as Olegs Čitsjakovs, 56, of Latvia, pleaded guilty today in federal court for his role in a years-long conspiracy to violate U.S. export laws by unlawfully sending controlled U.S.-origin avionics equipment to customers in Russia, including after the February 2022 invasion of Ukraine. According to court documents, Chistyakov conspired with U.S. citizens Cyril Gregory Buyanovsky, 62, and Douglas Edward Robertson, 58, both of Kansas, to purchase and export sophisticated avionics equipment to Russian entities, including the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB). Both Buyanovsky and Robertson were arrested in March 2023 and have since pleaded guilty. Despite tightened U.S. export restrictions following Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukrai...

WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Department of Justice filed a lawsuit today against the State of Minnesota, the Cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul, Hennepin County, Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison, and Hennepin County Sheriff Dawanna S. Witt, challenging sanctuary city policies that allegedly obstruct federal immigration enforcement. The complaint asserts that these policies violate federal law and have resulted in the release of individuals subject to removal, including non-citizens convicted of aggravated assault, burglary, and drug and human trafficking offenses. “Minnesota officials are jeopardizing the safety of their own citizens by allowing illegal aliens to circumvent the legal process,” said Attorney General Pamela Bondi. “This Department of Justice will continue to b...