Should We Be Worried about the Impact of the Raids on Employers?

Raids, raids raids!  We have been writing about raids at workplaces across the United States for many months — Massachusetts, North Carolina, Iowa, and, last Friday, Mississippi.  Undocumented employees have been the promary targets but buisiness feel like they are in a bind:  “Major U.S. employers assailed the expanding crackdown, saying it creates a Catch-22. If businesses fail to enroll in E-Verify, they run the risk of a raid by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, business groups led by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce said. But if they sign up, they face added costs, labor disruptions and discrimination complaints — as well as the risk that flaws in the program won’t stop all illegal hiring or prevent government raids, they said.”  Click here for the Washington Post story offering the employer perspective.

KJ