Feds targeting more worksites crack down on undocumented workers – but not their employers
Trump's immigration raids target employees, not employers
Author: Alan Gomez, USA TODAY
Published: 10:03 AM EST December 10, 2018
Updated: 5:01 PM EST December 11, 2018
The Trump administration ramped up arrests at businesses suspected of employing undocumented immigrants in 2018, but data obtained by USA TODAY show that federal agents did so by mostly targeting those working illegally and not their employers.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement was ordered to quadruple worksite enforcement this year, and it did just that. In fiscal year 2018, which ended Sept. 30, ICE set 10-year highs for the number of worksite audits conducted (5,981) and criminal charges filed (779).
ICE leadership claimed its crackdown is focused on employers and employees equally as part of a balanced approach to worksite enforcement, but the data show that the majority of arrests in 2018 were of workers.
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