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ARTICLE · 22 JULY 2025

ICE Raids To Continue On Hotels And Restaurants (With A Helpful I-9 Reverification Document Attached)

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As a reminder, yesterday we sent an email that the Trump administration on Friday instructed Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE) to no longer conduct raids on hotels, restaurants, and farms.

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Keith Pabian
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I hope all is well. Contrary to what President Trump said at the end of last week about ceasing raids on hotels and other industries, ICE reversed course and hotel and hospitality raids are back on the table.

Helpful handout on how to reverify workers' employment eligibility, with a focus on those workers who are in the U.S. on Humanitarian Parole and Temporary Protected Status (TPS). More on the handout and the reason for including it is explained below.

As a reminder, yesterday we sent an email that the Trump administration on Friday instructed Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE) to no longer conduct raids on hotels, restaurants, and farms. However, last night the administration reversed this plan entirely, with senior ICE leadership instructing its local offices to ramp up its enforcement operations by doing everything "in their power to achieve the very important goal of delivering the single largest Mass Deportation Program in History." This

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