Employers Gird for Trump Immigration Crackdown to Hit Workplaces

Workplaces have so far mostly been spared from highly publicized immigration raids in the first weeks of the Trump administration, but businesses don’t expect that to last indefinitely.

Employers with immigrant workers—even those that have been shielded from enforcement actions in recent years, like hospitals and schools—are double-checking if staffers are eligible to work in the US and strategizing how to respond if Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents show up at their doors.

Attorneys are planning for worksite raids, “knock and talk” visits by agents, and intensive audits of employment eligibility at subcontractors after a period of relative calm for ...