劳工部与司法部联手和解Cloudera案：公司歧视美国工人 被禁两年参与PERM计划并设140万美元补薪基金
华盛顿——美国司法部民权司与劳工部10月16日宣布，与总部位于加州Santa Clara的数据管理公司Cloudera达成协同执法和解。此前有指控称，该公司在永久劳工证（PERM）计划的招聘过程中歧视符合资格的美国工人。
根据和解，Cloudera将被禁止参加PERM计划两年。司法部称，这是劳工部为维护就业类移民制度完整、保障美国工人机会可动用的最严厉制裁之一。此项禁令接续劳工部此前对该公司PERM申请处理作出的暂停决定；劳工部表示，当雇主不给美国工人公平的竞争机会时，该部将积极执行劳工证要求。
和解同时了结司法部今年4月提起的诉讼。诉状指称，Cloudera在PERM流程下为七个岗位招聘时违反《移民与国籍法》、歧视美国工人。按司法部和解条款，Cloudera将设立140万美元的补薪基金，补偿曾尝试申请相关岗位、却未获公平考虑的合格美国工人，并向联邦政府支付60万美元民事罚款。
除禁令与罚款外，Cloudera还须履行合规义务，包括加强监督、修订PERM合规程序与报告要求，以防再次违规。司法部民权司助理部长哈米特·迪隆（Harmeet K. Dhillon）表示：「没有任何例外：司法部将追究歧视美国工人的雇主。」她说，这项与劳工部合作达成的重大和解向雇主发出强烈信号，联邦政府将协同确保雇主公平对待美国工人。
PERM计划允许雇主在证明合格美国工人已获得真正的申请机会、且找不到合格、自愿且可用的美国工人后，担保外籍人士获得永久居留。司法部表示，此案是该部2025年重启「保护美国工人倡议」以来达成的第十四项和解；该倡议负责执行《移民与国籍法》关于禁止基于公民身份歧视的规定。
这类执法并非孤例：司法部此前已与 Meta（2021年）、苹果（2023年）达成同类和解，OpenAI 也于2026年8月以320万美元和解；劳工部上周还冻结了微软、Adobe 等公司的 PERM 审批。
Labor and Justice Departments Settle With Cloudera: Two-Year PERM Debarment and $1.4 Million Back-Pay Fund Over Discrimination Against U.S. Workers
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Justice's Civil Rights Division and the U.S. Department of Labor announced on October 16 a coordinated enforcement resolution with Cloudera Inc., a Santa Clara, California-based data management company, following allegations that the company discriminated against qualified U.S. workers during recruitment conducted under the Permanent Labor Certification (PERM) program.
As part of the resolution, Cloudera will be barred from participating in the PERM program for two years, one of the most significant sanctions available for DOL to protect the integrity of the employment-based immigration system and safeguard opportunities for U.S. workers. The debarment follows DOL's earlier suspension of Cloudera's PERM processing, and the department said it reflects DOL's commitment to aggressively enforcing labor certification requirements when employers fail to provide U.S. workers a fair opportunity to compete for jobs.
The settlement also resolves a lawsuit DOJ filed in April of this year, alleging that Cloudera violated the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) by discriminating against U.S. workers when recruiting and hiring for seven positions under the PERM process. Under the settlement with the Justice Department, Cloudera will establish a back-pay fund of $1.4 million to compensate qualified U.S. workers who tried to apply for the jobs at issue but were not given fair consideration, and will pay $600,000 in civil penalties to the United States.
In addition to the two-year debarment, Cloudera will be subject to compliance obligations, including enhanced monitoring, revised PERM compliance procedures, and reporting requirements intended to prevent future violations. "There are no exceptions: the Justice Department will hold accountable employers who discriminate against U.S. workers," said Assistant Attorney General Harmeet K. Dhillon of the Civil Rights Division, adding that the substantial settlement, in partnership with DOL, sends a strong signal to employers that the federal government will work together to ensure employers treat U.S. workers fairly.
The PERM program allows employers to sponsor foreign nationals for permanent residence only after demonstrating that qualified U.S. workers were provided a genuine opportunity to apply and that no qualified, willing, and available U.S. workers could be found. DOJ said the case is the fourteenth settlement since it relaunched its Protecting U.S. Workers Initiative in 2025 to enforce the INA's prohibition on citizenship-status discrimination.
The enforcement is not isolated: the Justice Department previously reached similar settlements with Meta (2021) and Apple (2023), and OpenAI settled for $3.2 million in August 2026; the Labor Department last week also froze PERM processing for companies including Microsoft and Adobe.
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