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Mar. 2, 2026

Employers navigate tension between California protections and federal immigration enforcement

With ICE activity rising and California expanding worker protections, employment lawyers urge businesses to prepare for enforcement visits and ensure they meet new notice and training requirements.

Employment attorneys say California companies increasingly find themselves squeezed between the state's generous worker protections and aggressive federal immigration enforcement. But doing some spring cleaning with the company's records, training and policies can help.

"Even though employment lawyers do not think of ourselves as immigration lawyers, this is an issue we need to be up to speed on because we need to be ready for our clients to call asking what to do whe...

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