IER
E165722
IER is a division of the U.S. Department of Justice that enforces federal laws protecting immigrants and other workers from employment discrimination based on citizenship or immigration status and national origin.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| IER canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1445957 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: IER Context triple: [Immigrant and Employee Rights Section, abbreviation, IER]
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A.
IJ
The IJ is a body of water in Amsterdam that serves as a key waterway for transport and shipping, separating the city center from Amsterdam-Noord.
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B.
IA
IA is the standard two-letter U.S. Postal Service abbreviation for the state of Iowa.
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C.
ISE
ISE is the stock exchange identified by the abbreviation "ISE" on which RYA is listed or traded.
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D.
IRT
IRT is a major division of the New York City Subway system that operates the numbered (1–7) train lines, originally built by the Interborough Rapid Transit Company.
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E.
IES
IES is the research, evaluation, and statistics arm of the U.S. Department of Education that provides rigorous evidence to inform education policy and practice.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: IER Target entity description: IER is a division of the U.S. Department of Justice that enforces federal laws protecting immigrants and other workers from employment discrimination based on citizenship or immigration status and national origin.
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A.
IJ
The IJ is a body of water in Amsterdam that serves as a key waterway for transport and shipping, separating the city center from Amsterdam-Noord.
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B.
IA
IA is the standard two-letter U.S. Postal Service abbreviation for the state of Iowa.
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C.
ISE
ISE is the stock exchange identified by the abbreviation "ISE" on which RYA is listed or traded.
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D.
IRT
IRT is a major division of the New York City Subway system that operates the numbered (1–7) train lines, originally built by the Interborough Rapid Transit Company.
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E.
IES
IES is the research, evaluation, and statistics arm of the U.S. Department of Education that provides rigorous evidence to inform education policy and practice.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
division of the United States Department of Justice
ⓘ
government agency ⓘ |
| abbreviation | IER ⓘ |
| collaboratesWith |
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
ⓘ
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| employerType | federal agency ⓘ |
| enforces |
anti-discrimination provisions of the Immigration and Nationality Act
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federal laws prohibiting employment discrimination based on citizenship status ⓘ federal laws prohibiting employment discrimination based on immigration status ⓘ federal laws prohibiting employment discrimination based on national origin ⓘ |
| formerName | Office of Special Counsel for Immigration-Related Unfair Employment Practices ⓘ |
| fullName | Immigrant and Employee Rights Section ⓘ |
| handles |
charges of citizenship status discrimination in firing
ⓘ
charges of citizenship status discrimination in hiring ⓘ charges of citizenship status discrimination in recruitment ⓘ charges of citizenship status discrimination in referral for a fee ⓘ charges of national origin discrimination in firing ⓘ charges of national origin discrimination in hiring ⓘ charges of national origin discrimination in recruitment ⓘ charges of national origin discrimination in referral for a fee ⓘ charges of unfair documentary practices in the employment eligibility verification process ⓘ retaliation claims related to asserting rights under the anti-discrimination provisions of the INA ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
federal government of the United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States government
|
| language | English ⓘ |
| legalBasis |
Immigration and Nationality Act section 274B
ⓘ
linked to:
Immigration and Nationality Act
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| locatedIn | Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| mission | to combat employment discrimination based on citizenship status, immigration status, and national origin ⓘ |
| oversightArea | employment eligibility verification (Form I-9) practices ⓘ |
| parentOrganization |
Civil Rights Division
ⓘ
United States Department of Justice ⓘ |
| partOf |
Civil Rights Division of the United States Department of Justice
ⓘ
linked to:
Civil Rights Division
|
| protects |
U.S. citizens
ⓘ
asylees ⓘ immigrant workers ⓘ lawful permanent residents ⓘ refugees ⓘ |
| provides |
employer training on anti-discrimination requirements
ⓘ
outreach to workers about employment rights ⓘ technical assistance to employers ⓘ |
| scopeOfWork | nationwide enforcement in the United States ⓘ |
| sector | public sector ⓘ |
| website | https://www.justice.gov/ier ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: IER Description of subject: IER is a division of the U.S. Department of Justice that enforces federal laws protecting immigrants and other workers from employment discrimination based on citizenship or immigration status and national origin.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
IER