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Crackdown: Business Owners on the South Fork Watch Immigration Enforcement Campaign Closely

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The Department of Homeland Security posted photos online Monday of several individuals apprehended in its raids over the weekend. An estimated 1 million undocumented immigrants work in the restaurant industry nationwide. On the South Fork, business owners said they are concerned that immigration crackdowns will impact the local labor pool workforce, either directly or through stresses put on workers by deportation proceedings against family members, housemates or even employers. HOMELAND SECURITY INVESTIGATIONS

The Department of Homeland Security posted photos online Monday of several individuals apprehended in its raids over the weekend. An estimated 1 million undocumented immigrants work in the restaurant industry nationwide. On the South Fork, business owners said they are concerned that immigration crackdowns will impact the local labor pool workforce, either directly or through stresses put on workers by deportation proceedings against family members, housemates or even employers. HOMELAND SECURITY INVESTIGATIONS

Nearly all of the South Fork’s largest industries – construction, landscaping, swimming pool maintenance, hotel and restaurant hospitality, and painting – rely heavily on immigrant labor to fill workforces

Nearly all of the South Fork’s largest industries – construction, landscaping, swimming pool maintenance, hotel and restaurant hospitality, and painting – rely heavily on immigrant labor to fill workforces

authorMichael Wright on Jan 29, 2025
As federal immigration agents began stepped-up enforcement efforts nationwide this past week as part of the Trump administration’s pledged crackdown on unauthorized immigrants, the owners of local businesses that rely... more

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