Immigration raids in workplaces in the US They will triple again As part of the government’s government’s effort, Donald Trump, to stop and deport undocumented, warned on Monday, April 28, the US National Security Advisor and Migration Control. UU., Tom Homan.
“The number of compliance actions of the law in workplaces has tripled this year and will triple again,” Homan warned at a press conference at the White House.
The Trump government has attributed the increase in raids in workplaces to policies sanctuary of Democratic cities, which prevent the collaboration of their police with the agents of the Immigration Control Service (ICE).
“If we cannot arrest them in the community (their homes), we will arrest them in their workplace,” Homan said.
The advisor, known as El Tsar of the Border, carried out former President Joe Biden (2017-2025) for pauses migratory operations in workplaces.
The current administration has defended ICE raids in companies and companies because, according to them, in these places it is where victims of human trafficking or forced work have been found. “That is another reason why we have increased controls in workplaces,” Homan insisted.
The arrests have not only been given in companies; ICE agents and the United States Customs and Border Protection Office (CBP) have arrested agricultural workers and day laborers who seek work in the corners of construction warehouses.
Last week, an operation of the border patrol in Los Angeles County culminated with the arrest of about 20 day laborers in the parking lot of a construction items. Last January, more than 200 undocumented, mostly Mexican peasants, were arrested while heading towards their work in the Central Valley of California, considered the US agricultural pantry. UU.
However, Trump himself suggested on April 10 that deportation priorities should be relaxed for certain immigrants who work in the field or in hotels, economic sectors that depend largely on foreign labor and that, he said, we must take care of.
“We have to take care of our farmers, hotels and, you know, various sectors where they need people; we will work very carefully on that,” Trump said during a meeting of his cabinet.