DOJ Can Probe Walmart Inc. Workplace Immigration Violations (1)

The Justice Department convinced a federal appeals court that an internal judge system overseeing proceedings against Walmart Inc. over alleged immigration workplace record keeping violations is constitutional.

The US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit reversed a lower court decision from 2024 finding that the DOJ administrative law judge system violated the constitution because in-house adjudicators have “good cause” removal protections.

US Immigration and Customs Enforcement found Walmart committed more than 11,000 violations of record keeping requirements under the Immigration and Nationality Act. The agency didn’t allege unauthorized employment related to those violations. DOJ was blocked from pursuing the ...