Immigration policy changes under the Trump Administration extend far beyond border security, creating immediate business disruptions from workforce gaps to compliance challenges. The administration’s goal of conducting 15,000 ICE audits annually — up from fewer than 1,000 under the Biden Administration — signals a dramatic enforcement shift that many employers expect will significantly impact their workplaces. Littler Mendelson attorneys Jorge Lopez, Deepti Orekondy and George Michael Thompson outline how policy changes affecting everything from humanitarian parole programs to social media monitoring create new risks for businesses across industries, particularly in hospitality, manufacturing, construction and agriculture.
President Donald Trump’s second term has brought a host of new immigration-related proposals, policy changes and executive orders. Meanwhile, longstanding executive orders implemented under the Biden Administration, as well as past presidential administrations, are being rescinded. Although major policy initiatives generally require approval by the legislative branch, executive orders have significant influence over the internal affairs of government, especially in the context of immigration. This includes deciding how and to what degree legislation will be enforced, how to…
