28 CFR § 44.304 - Special Counsel acting on own initiative.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t28/s44.304"
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title: "28 CFR § 44.304 - Special Counsel acting on own initiative."
title_number: 28
title_name: "Judicial Administration"
section_number: "44.304"
section_name: "Special Counsel acting on own initiative."
chapter_name: "DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE"
part_number: "44"
part_name: "UNFAIR IMMIGRATION-RELATED EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "8 U.S.C. 1103(a)(1), (g), 1324b."
regulatory_source: "81 FR 91789, Dec. 19, 2016, unless otherwise noted."
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# 44.304 Special Counsel acting on own initiative.

(a) The Special Counsel may, on the Special Counsel's own initiative, conduct investigations respecting unfair immigration-related employment practices when there is reason to believe that a person or other entity has engaged or is engaging in such practices, and shall notify a respondent by certified mail of the commencement of the investigation.

(b) The Special Counsel may file a complaint with OCAHO when there is reasonable cause to believe that an unfair immigration-related employment practice has occurred no more than 180 days prior to the date on which the Special Counsel opened an investigation of that practice.