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Recently, I had the opportunity to see  Rags,  a new revival now running at the classic Goodspeed Opera House. I don’t often do theater reviews on this site, but I give it a thumbs up. The musical tells the story of Jewish immigrants coming to the Lower East Side just after the turn of the century. They experience outright discrimination and difficult working conditions. So much so, that they end up even participating in a labor strike asking for better working conditions. Of course, as an employment lawyer, I’m always looking for a good story to relate. The musical obviously has undertones of today’s political environment, where refugees are facing barriers to entry from certain countries. Workplace laws actually limit what employers should be asking in the interview process about immigration status.  And even when a Form I-9 is being process, an employer cannot reject valid documents or insist on additional documentation too. And it can’t target ...