Core Insights From the New Crackdown
- Major Enforcement Shift: The Trump administration will dramatically ramp up prosecutions of U.S. employers who hire undocumented workers and those who violate visa rules—including H-1B participants, according to White House border czar Tom Homan (June 12, 2025).
- Visa Holders Under Scrutiny: Trump has publicly stated that while agricultural, hospitality, and hotel workers without criminal records may see reduced detentions, he is doubling down on enforcement against visa violators—especially those from “adversarial nations” involved in sensitive industries like artificial intelligence.
- Tech and Construction at Risk: As U.S. companies lay off thousands, especially in Silicon Valley, the crackdown may upend workforce models in sectors ranging from tech to specialized construction for AI data centers, with both employers and workers “freaking out” over potential criminal and civil penalties.
By Samuel Lopez – USA Herald
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The White House is preparing to launch one of the most sweeping immigration crackdowns in recent history—this time targeting not just undocumented workers, but also the employers who hire them and foreign workers who violate the terms of their visas. According to White House border czar Tom Homan, speaking in an exclusive interview on Wednesday, “worksite enforcement operations are going to massively expand” in the months ahead.
The announcement comes as U.S. employers—especially in sectors like tech, hospitality, and agriculture—scramble to assess the impact. “Clients have been calling in a panic—asking if they should be looking for ways to cut out potentially undocumented workers,” says one L.A. immigration attorney. “Employers are very scared—folks in L.A., particularly.” [Source: USA Herald interviews, June 2025]
On Thursday, President Trump sought to reassure parts of the business community, writing on Truth Social:
“Our great Farmers and people in the Hotel and Leisure business have been stating that our very aggressive policy on immigration is taking very good, long time workers away from them, with those jobs being almost impossible to replace…changes are coming.”
But as Homan bluntly put it: “Employers’ fears are justified.”
