ICE at work: Employee protection hinges on legal benefits

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  • Key Insight: Learn how employers can become frontline legal safety nets for immigrant staff.
  • What’s at Stake: Workforce stability, productivity and compliance risks escalate amid intensified immigration enforcement.
  • Supporting Data: 41% of immigrants fear detention or deportation, up from 26% in 2023 (KFF).
    Source: Bullets generated by AI with editorial review

Growing up in Denver in a Mexican family where she was surrounded by a rich Latinx immigrant community, Maria Monclova saw firsthand how family, friends and neighbors struggled to find adequate legal advice and even representation, whether due to their background, language barriers or residential status.

Paola Peralta
Associate Editor

Paola Peralta is an Associate Editor at Employee Benefit News and has been with the team for five years. She is a proud UCF journalism graduate who got her start through a Dow Jones News Fund … Read full bio


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