1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Protect Our Workers from Exploitation and Retaliation Act or the POWER Act . 2. Victims of serious labor and employment violations or crime (a) Protection for victims of labor and employment violations Section 101(a)(15)(U) of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(U) ) is amended— (1) in clause (i)— (A) by amending subclause (I) to read as follows: (I) the alien— (aa) has suffered substantial abuse or harm as a result of having been a victim of criminal activity described in clause (iii); (bb) has suffered substantial abuse or harm related to a violation described in clause (iv); (cc) is a victim of criminal activity described in clause (iii) and would suffer extreme hardship upon removal; or (dd) has suffered a violation described in clause (iv) and would suffer extreme hardship upon removal; ; (B) in subclause (II), by inserting , or a labor or employment violation resulting in a workplace claim described in clause (iv) before the semicolon at the end; (C) in subclause (III)— (i) by striking or State judge, to the Service and inserting , State, or local judge, to the Department of Homeland Security, to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, to the Department of Labor, to the National Labor Relations Board ; and (ii) by inserting , or investigating, prosecuting, or seeking civil remedies for a labor or employment violation related to a workplace claim described in clause (iv) before the semicolon at the end; and (D) in subclause (IV)— (i) by inserting (aa) after (IV) ; and (ii) by adding at the end the following: “or (bb) a workplace claim described in clause (iv) resulted from a labor or employment violation; ; (2) in clause (ii)(II), by striking and at the end; (3) in clause (iii), by striking or at the end and inserting and