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  • I'm a business owner in Minneapolis working 16-hour shifts so my staff can stay home to avoid ICE

    01/31/2026 7:44:52 AM PST · by Salman · 132 replies
    Business \insider ^ | Jan 30, 2026 | As told to Allie Kelly
    This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Michael Knox, co-owner of Toma Mojo Grill near Minneapolis. This story has been edited for length and clarity. I run a fast casual chicken restaurant in Richfield, Minnesota, a suburb just south of Minneapolis. With ICE agents in the area, I don't know when — or if — staff will be able to come to work. We all have pretty set schedules, and we're tight-knit. There are only six of us operating this place, seven days a week. And I have concerns: Are my employees going to get stopped on their...
  • ‘I can’t find any help’: Employers scramble to solve worker shortages caused by immigration crackdowns

    05/05/2025 6:33:54 PM PDT · by anthropocene_x · 75 replies
    Trump’s remarks signaled a potential addendum to an immigration enforcement agenda that is set to ramp up, featuring more frequent audits of paper and electronic Form I-9s by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement as well as increased worksite visits. The president has said that these moves are essential to enforcing immigration laws. But the pattern of enforcement operations may chill employers’ talent operations. Mary Pivec, attorney at Pivec & Associates PLLC, told HR Dive that the Trump administration’s targeting of foreign scientists, engineers and students teaching and studying in U.S. universities and laboratories would discourage key talent from migrating to...