06/10/2025

What to Do If ICE Raids Your Business

Business owners must understand their rights

President Donald Trump has begun to fulfill his campaign promise to carry out the largest mass deportation in American history. In the first week of his second term, he signed a deluge of executive orders targeting immigration. Collectively, the measures inject even more uncertainty into the business landscape, leaving some founders unsure how to navigate.

Raids conducted by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement have reportedly already begun. Undocumented workers employed at a fish market in Newark, New Jersey, were detained in an ICE raid last Friday.

"ICE has the authority to lie to people," said Veronica Cardenas, a former ICE prosecutor who now is the founder of Humanigration, a firm that provides information on immigration. "ICE could tell the employer, 'Oh, I'm here because I'm just looking for this one person. Can we look to see if this person's in here?' And then they can get consent." And with that, they can freely enter your business.

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