Tag: raids
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After 475 arrests at Georgia jobsite, feds vow more raids
Listen to the article 4 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: In one of the highest profile immigration raids of President Donald Trump’s second term, hundreds of federal agents arrested 475 workers at a construction site in Georgia, the Department of Justice announced Sept. 5. Meanwhile,…
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ICE raids worsen construction’s labor shortage. Contractors must respond.
Listen to the article 5 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Chris Coleman is partner-in-charge of St. Louis-based accounting firm RubinBrown’s Construction Services Group. Opinions are the author’s own. In an already tight construction labor market, raids by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement at jobsites threaten to deepen…
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ICE raids leave future of construction labor in limbo
Listen to the article 7 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. In the first half of the year, one word continued to appear in headlines surrounding broad economic and political change: “uncertainty.” Construction Dive’s Uncertainty Series delves into how this lack of clarity is affecting contractors and what…
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How immigration crackdowns, ICE raids will affect recruitment in 2025
In 2025, there has been no shortage of immigration news. President Donald Trump campaigned on immigration reform and is now seeing through renewed enforcement of immigration laws. For example, on Monday, the Trump administration announced the removal of Temporary Protected Status for Honduran and Nicaraguan immigrants — a measure affecting some 76,000 people. Also on…
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ICE raids on building sites stoke fear, uncertainty
Listen to the article 6 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. President Donald Trump’s push to remove undocumented workers from industries across the country played out on several construction sites last week. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers arrested over 100 undocumented workers during a jobsite raid in Tallahassee,…
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5 quick answers to employers’ questions on E-Verify, ICE raids
Listen to the article 3 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Immigration compliance is changing quickly enough that attorneys at Cozen O’Connor said “it could be changing as we speak” during a webinar held Feb. 6. Employers may be wrangling with questions about what to do in scenarios…
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It’s not just workplace raids. Mishandled electronic I-9s could be a costly immigration threat for employers under Trump.
President Donald Trump has not minced words about his plan to crack down on illegal immigration, and employers are taking notice. The administration has begun workplace raids and stakeholders predict an increase in audits of Form I-9s, the documents used to verify whether an employee is eligible to work in the U.S. In the days…