{"id":2487461,"date":"2025-09-17T05:43:01","date_gmt":"2025-09-17T09:43:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ice-to-make-illegal-immigrant-job-sites-focus-of-arrests\/"},"modified":"2025-09-17T05:46:11","modified_gmt":"2025-09-17T09:46:11","slug":"ice-to-make-illegal-immigrant-job-sites-focus-of-arrests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ice-to-make-illegal-immigrant-job-sites-focus-of-arrests\/","title":{"rendered":"ICE to make illegal immigrant job sites focus of arrests"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fice-to-make-illegal-immigrant-job-sites-focus-of-arrests%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2487461&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article discusses how U.S. Immigration and Customs enforcement (ICE) has increasingly focused its enforcement efforts on worksites to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/northern-mexico-governor-stages-same-border-security-theater-texas-gov-greg-abbott-did-with-operation-lone-star\/\" title=\"Northern Mexico Governor Stages Same ... Theater Texas Gov. Greg Abbott Did With ... Lone Star\">apprehend illegal immigrants<\/a>. This strategy allows ICE to arrest large numbers of individuals at once, making operations more efficient and cost-effective. The intensified worksite raids have been part of the Trump administration&#8217;s broader immigration enforcement plan, which <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >initially targeted criminal illegal immigrants<\/a> but has expanded to include large-scale operations in cities such as Los Angeles, Chicago, Boston, and Florida.<\/p>\n<p>Local law enforcement agencies have cooperated with ICE under 287(g) agreements, enabling them to assist with immigration enforcement. ICE has also expanded detention facilities across several states to accommodate the growing number of detainees. Employers are notified prior to raids and must produce worker documentation; discrepancies can lead to arrests of both employees and employers.<\/p>\n<p>Experts expect the number of arrests at worksites to increase considerably in 2026 as ICE hires more deportation officers and extends detention capacity. The goal is to deter unauthorized employment and encourage self-deportation among illegal workers. The approach marks a departure from previous Republican administrations,which were seen as more hesitant to target employers. <br \/> <!DOCTYPE html><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Worksites become major focus of ICE raids: &lsquo;The big ticket&rsquo;<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2224591\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Federal <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/police-and-law-enforcement\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">law enforcement<\/a> at Immigration and Customs Enforcement has made worksites a major focus of its strategy, going after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/illegal-immigrants\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">illegal immigrants<\/a> at job sites in the hopes of rounding up large numbers of people at one time, according to two sources with firsthand knowledge.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Worksite enforcement is the big ticket now,&rdquo; said the first official, who was not authorized to speak with the media and spoke on the condition of anonymity. &ldquo;They&rsquo;re going to be doing a lot of those types of operations.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/investigations\/3809442\/how-ccp-propaganda-machine-uses-western-elites-legitimacy\/\">How the CCP&#8217;s propaganda machine uses Western elites to bolster its legitimacy&nbsp;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3810943\/special-election-replace-assassinated-minnesota-politician\/\">Democrat wins special election to replace assassinated Minnesota politician<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/3809347\/trump-arrives-uk-state-visit-surging-right-wing\/\">Trump arrives in UK as factions compete over nation&#8217;s surging right-wing wave<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Since the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/trump-administration\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Trump administration<\/a> commenced what it promised would be the &ldquo;largest-ever&rdquo; deportation operation in U.S. history in January, ICE and federal law enforcement have largely targeted criminal illegal immigrants and made collateral arrests.<\/p>\n<p>A second official explained that the next step was targeting cities, like what happened in Los Angeles at the start of summer.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The president has promised to get rid of all the criminals, and so I think in the practical sense, they needed time to get <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/closed-prison-in-tennessee-to-be-used-as-ice-detention-facility\/\" title=\"Closed prison in Tennessee to be used as ... detention facility\">additional detention space<\/a>. They focused on the worst of the worst, to understand how to do that, practice it, scale it up,&rdquo; the second official said. &ldquo;Then they went to the at-large operation, which was, Los Angeles being the biggest example, but that operation is happening in every big city in America right now. And it was Chicago, Boston, Florida.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>City and state law enforcement have signed what are known as 287(g) agreements with ICE, which allow nonfederal police to be deputized to work with ICE and carry out federal immigration enforcement. That led to additional arrests, all while ICE was opening additional immigrant detention sites in Florida, Indiana, Nebraska, Louisiana, and Tennessee.<\/p>\n<p>Raids began in early spring with a handful to more than a dozen arrests per location, such as one in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ice.gov\/news\/releases\/ice-newark-worksite-enforcement-operation-results-16-arrests\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">New Jersey<\/a> and another in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ice.gov\/news\/releases\/ice-arrests-11-illegal-aliens-during-lowell-worksite-enforcement-operation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Massachusetts<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>More recent raids at job sites have resulted in dozens to hundreds of arrests at a time, such as the 300 illegal immigrants from South Korea who were nabbed at a Hyundai manufacturing plant in Georgia in early September. <\/p>\n<p>Focusing on job sites &ldquo;always has been part of the plan,&rdquo; according to the second source.<\/p>\n<p>By late summer, ICE began showing up at job sites, which gives it a much bigger return on its investment. Arresting one person at large can take days or weeks of planning and requires a dozen or so federal police on site to make that apprehension.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s more layers &mdash; we&rsquo;re going to do this, and then we&rsquo;re going to add this capability to it, and we&rsquo;re going [to] add this capability,&rdquo; the same official said. &ldquo;We&rsquo;re not abandoning what&rsquo;s being done already, but we&rsquo;re adding tools.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Employers are given notice before ICE shows up on site and told to have workers&rsquo; work documents available for federal police to review. If tax records and documents do not add up, employers and employees may be arrested and detained as investigators sort out who is illegally present in the United States or illegally employing workers.<\/p>\n<p>Investigators at ICE&rsquo;s Homeland Security Investigations arm may spend several months scoping out large businesses it suspects of using illegal hiring practices before officers raid a job site.<\/p>\n<p>Simon Hankinson, senior research fellow at the Heritage Foundation&rsquo;s border security and immigration center, said the Trump administration was going far beyond previous Republican administrations, which did not want to hurt Republican big business.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We&rsquo;ve had prior Republican administrations where they want to look like they&rsquo;re doing something on enforcement, but they&rsquo;ve kind of been bought by the business lobby, and so they don&rsquo;t actually want to raid work sites,&rdquo; Hankinson said in a phone call. &ldquo;You want to find large numbers of illegal immigrants? You go to where they are illegally working.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Hankinson and the two officials also anticipated that arrests, particularly at job sites, would spike in 2026 as ICE continues to onboard its 10,000 newly hired deportation officers and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-tragesser-alternatives-to-immigration-detention-are-deeply-flawed-and-poorly-timed\/\" title=\"Exclusive--Tragesser: Alternatives to ... Detention Are Deeply Flawed and Poorly ...d\">expand detention space<\/a>, which will allow officers to make more arrests and have the space to detain them through deportation.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3808104\/trump-federal-police-crime-memphis-tennessee\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">TRUMP SENDS FEDERAL POLICE TO BATTLE CRIME IN MEMPHIS AT REQUEST OF TENNESSEE GOV. BILL LEE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;2026 is going to be significantly bigger than 2025. We&rsquo;re going to have more people self-deport [as they] realize that [ICE is] not playing &mdash; that there is a chance that if you&rsquo;re working here illegally, you will be caught,&rdquo; Hankinson said. &ldquo;I do see enforcement being much more, in numbers, being more impressive in 2026.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>ICE did not respond to a request for comment.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ICE targets worksites to catch large groups of illegal immigrants<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2655,"featured_media":2487462,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/ice-worksite-raids.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651,538],"tags":[8364,32165,43121,49347,63499],"class_list":["post-2487461","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","category-washington-examiner","tag-ice","tag-illegal-immigrants","tag-immigration-arrests","tag-immigration-enforcement","tag-job-site-raids"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/ice-worksite-raids.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2487461","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2655"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2487461"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2487461\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2487465,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2487461\/revisions\/2487465"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2487462"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2487461"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2487461"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2487461"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}