Migrants in Connecticut Flee Workforce Fearing Detention: 'It is Discouraging and Disruptive'

Undocumented migrants in Connecticut are disappearing quickly and quietly from the workforce as ICE continues efforts to crack down on immigration across the country. (Credit: Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

Undocumented migrants are disappearing quickly and quietly from the workforce in Connecticut, afraid of being taken by Imigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and deported, according to a new report. In this context, Connecticut Democrat Sen. Richard Blumental is warning the trend is a "self-inflicted wound."

From restaurants to landscaping businesses, farms and stores, migrants' sudden absence in the state workforce has been evident, though the exact number is difficult to quantify, a new report from The Miami Herald explains.