Karla's Musings

Workplace Immigration Laws and Stats

Employer arrests for hiring unauthorized workers are substantially down, dropping from 179 charges against employers in 2013 to 27 charges in 2015.  The Obama administration’s near discontinuation of worksite enforcement means that employers now face little risk in hiring illegal workers.  An estimated 8 million unauthorized workers are in the U.S. labor force.  Enforcement has pretty much been dismantled.