ICE Effects: Federal Worksite Non-Enforcement of U.S. Immigration Laws, 2007–2008

This article identifies the scope of the problem inherent in both the sheer number of undocumented workers in the United States and the institutional barriers that exist in combating this issue; reviews recent attempts to address worksite enforcement; analyzes the ICE raids by charting the actual results of the raids; identifies the disparities between the stated objectives and practices of the ICE raids and the actual results.