{"id":2633681,"date":"2026-07-22T13:47:01","date_gmt":"2026-07-22T17:47:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dhs-should-be-threatening-employers-of-illegal-aliens-not-buttering-them-up\/"},"modified":"2026-07-22T13:51:01","modified_gmt":"2026-07-22T17:51:01","slug":"dhs-should-be-threatening-employers-of-illegal-aliens-not-buttering-them-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dhs-should-be-threatening-employers-of-illegal-aliens-not-buttering-them-up\/","title":{"rendered":"DHS Should Threaten Employers Of Illegals, Not Butter Them Up"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><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%2Fdhs-should-be-threatening-employers-of-illegal-aliens-not-buttering-them-up%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=2633681&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 concerns over the Department of Homeland security (DHS)&#8217;s recent attempts too establish relationships with business groups seeking to protect illegal immigrant workers. Under Secretary Markwayne Mullin, DHS reportedly met with organizations like the Essential Worker Immigration Coalition, which represents major trade associations and advocates for amnesty and increased access to cheap, foreign labor.Despite federal laws prohibiting the employment or recruitment of illegal aliens, these groups openly acknowledge relying on illegal labor, and their efforts aim to influence DHS policies to preserve their access rather than comply with legal standards.The article emphasizes that such engagement undermines the enforcement of immigration laws, perhaps incentivizing further illegal hiring, and hampers efforts to protect American workers, especially marginalized communities disproportionately impacted by illegal immigration. It advocates for holding employers accountable rather than facilitating relationships that enable law violations,aligning with the broader goal of upholding U.S. immigration sovereignty and reducing illegal labor&#8217;s detrimental effects.  <\/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<div>\n<p>The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is \u201ccultivating a relationship with business groups\u201d seeking to protect employers who employ illegal aliens in violation of federal law now that Markwayne Mullin is its secretary, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/business\/2026\/07\/19\/trump-officials-met-with-business-leaders-amid-spike-immigration-arrests\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">according<\/a> to The Washington Post. But the only relationship DHS should cultivate with business groups and employers knowingly breaking federal immigration law is one that ends with an investigation and, when warranted, prosecution.<\/p>\n<p>The Post reported that \u201cbusiness groups\u201d concerned \u201cabout losing workers to aggressive immigration enforcement\u201d are seeking relationships with the DHS now that Mullin is in charge, after they had \u201cbeen rebuffed by former secretary Kristi L. Noem.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>DHS officials met with the Essential Worker Immigration Coalition in July, according to The Post, marking the first meeting between DHS and the organization since President Donald Trump took office. The Essential Worker Immigration Coalition, \u201cwhich represents the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and major trade associations that depend on immigrant labor,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/ewic.org\/principles-policies\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">lobbies<\/a> for amnesty and ways to make cheap, foreign labor more available. Until now, these business groups had been unable to gain a \u201cfoothold at the agency\u201d since ICE began ramping up arrests, The Post reported.<\/p>\n<p>One lobbyist told the Post that under Noem, the agency emphasized its focus was on removing illegal workers and that the agency was \u201cunapologetic\u201d about doing so. But Mullin \u201cbrought Senate staffers with ties to the business community to DHS \u2026 and his staff quickly set about trying to mend relations.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But there should be no \u201cmending\u201d of relations with businesses or organizations seeking government protection for their illegal labor force. <\/p>\n<p>Federal law in <a href=\"https:\/\/uscode.house.gov\/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title8-section1324a&#038;num=0&#038;edition=prelim\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">8 U.S.C. \u00a7 1324a<\/a> prohibits employers from hiring or recruiting illegal aliens or continuing to employ illegal aliens after learning they are illegal. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/archives\/jm\/criminal-resource-manual-1907-title-8-usc-1324a-offenses\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Knowingly<\/a> hiring at least 10 illegal aliens in a 12-month-period can result in fines and even prison time.<\/p>\n<p>The business groups lobbying appear to be openly admitting their businesses rely on illegal labor, which is why they\u2019re trying to talk to DHS. But rather than asking how they can comply with federal law and use legal visa programs already available, they\u2019re asking the Trump administration to help preserve their access to cheap, illegal labor and push for de facto amnesty.<\/p>\n<p>If employers know they will face no consequences for hiring illegals \u2014 and may even be able to get DHS to change how it enforces immigration law \u2014 they have every incentive to keep doing it. Taking a meeting with these lobbyists only reinforces that idea. That the DHS \u2014 under Mullin\u2019s \u201cleadership\u201d \u2014 is even entertaining such discussions is wrong and should be grounds for Mullin\u2019s removal.<\/p>\n<p>Trump was elected in large part to carry out mass deportations and restore our sovereignty. That mandate should not be subject to the whims of businesses or employers who profit from illegal immigration. Secondly, by holding businesses and employers that knowingly break the law accountable, the Trump administration would reduce the demand for illegal labor and <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >make future potential illegal immigration unappealing<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Further, rejecting the demands of employers who knowingly are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rep-greg-steube-to-newsmax-states-will-need-to-sue-to-undo-biden-border-policy\/\" title=\"Rep. Greg Steube to Newsmax: States Will Need to Sue to Undo Biden Border Policy\">breaking federal law<\/a> would also protect American workers from being forced to compete with a massive illegal workforce that suppresses wages. The 2010 U.S. Commission on Civil Rights report on \u201cThe Impact of Illegal Immigration on the Wages and Employment of Black Workers\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usccr.gov\/files\/pubs\/docs\/IllegImmig_10-14-10_430pm.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">found<\/a> that illegal immigration \u201chas tended to depress both wages and employment rates for low-skilled American citizens, a disproportionate number of whom are black men.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>There are at least 8 million illegal aliens in the labor force, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.epi.org\/publication\/unauthorized-immigrants\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">according<\/a> to a 2022 estimate from the Economic Policy Institute, meaning America doesn\u2019t merely have an illegal alien problem, but an enormous labor law violation problem that is continually sustained by employers willing to place cheap labor above the interests of American workers and the sovereignty of this country.<\/p>\n<p>DHS should not be working with businesses to maintain this cycle that undermines American workers and American sovereignty. DHS should be working with law enforcement to dismantle it, and that means holding businesses that break immigration law accountable.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>      Brianna Lyman is an elections correspondent at The Federalist. Brianna graduated from Fordham University with a degree in International Political Economy. Her work has been featured on Newsmax, Fox News, Fox Business and RealClearPolitics. 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