Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) authorities will continue to target farms, hotels, and restaurants, but will focus on those with ties to criminal organizations.
Border czar Tom Homan told reporters that federal authorities would focus their efforts on individuals with a “criminal nexus of trafficking, of forced labor, of tax fraud, or tax evasion.” Homan said he was sympathetic to industries that had been affected by immigration enforcement, but added that as long as the laws are on the books, it’s ICE’s job to enforce them.
“There’s a right way and wrong way to hire workers,” Homan said. “There are legal programs that bring farm workers in. … I’ve been saying for years that Congress needs to address this, but because Congress failed, it just doesn’t mean we ignore it. It’s illegal to knowingly hire an illegal alien.”...
