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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Josh Marcus

Trump threatened tough punishment for employers who hired migrant workers. So far only a handful have faced the wrath

The Trump administration has brought few apparent penalties against businesses employing undocumented immigrants, despite promising to use unprecedented enforcement actions against employers to break up the economic incentives for illegal immigration.

A Washington Post analysis found that just one business has faced charges from among the roughly two dozen the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency has announced raiding.

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