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Alessandro Piazza, Assistant Professor of Strategic Management, Rice University

Why corporate America is mostly staying quiet as federal immigration agents show up at its doors

People protest U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement inside a Target store in Minneapolis on Jan. 31, 2026. AP Photo / Julia Demaree Nikhinson

When U.S. Border Patrol agents entered a Target store in Richfield, Minnesota, in early January, detaining two employees, it marked a new chapter in the relationship between corporate America and the federal government.

Across the Twin Cities, federal immigration enforcement operations have turned businesses into sites of confrontation — with agents in store parking lots rounding up day laborers, armed raids on restaurants and work authorization inspections conducted in tactical gear.

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