Biden Administration Orders ICE To Halt Worksite Arrests

This week, the Biden administration ordered an end to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids at worksites that often result in large-scale immigration arrests.  

Overview

The  administration called for an end to the worksite raids as part of its efforts to create a new enforcement strategy to target employers that have exploitative labor practices and pay their employees substandard wages. In a  memo, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas called for a review of current enforcement policies and instructed immigration officials to create plans with new policies for protecting whistleblowers from immigration consequences after reporting employers engaged in the illegal practices noted above. Immigration officials have 60 days to present plans for complying with the order.