"For months, Ledy Ordoñez worried about what she would do if immigration officers arrived at her store in the heart of Oakland 's premier Latino neighborhood. As immigration authorities increasingly target worksites for arrests, hundreds of managers and business owners like Ordoñez have flocked to "Know Your Rights" training events in the Bay Area specifically tailored to the workplace, according to legal aid groups and worker advocates."
"Employers in California must navigate additional responsibilities under state labor laws when it comes to immigration worksite inspections or raids. "What we see happening in LA is going to come up here. We have to get organized," said Jose Antonio Dorado, who owns a bookkeeping and tax services business. "It's only a matter of time." On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court temporarily allowed the Trump administration to continue using broad factors such as apparent ethnicity, language and occupation to conduct ICE raids."
Business owners in Oakland and the Bay Area are preparing for potential immigration workplace raids by attending workplace-specific 'Know Your Rights' trainings. Signs mark some taquerias as safe spaces for those at risk of deportation. Managers and owners report anxiety about immigration officers arriving at stores in Latino neighborhoods. California employers must follow additional state labor-law responsibilities during immigration inspections and typically cannot allow ICE into private spaces without a judicial warrant. Trainers explain that immigration agents more commonly carry administrative orders and rarely have judicial warrants. Owners plan to meet employees and fellow merchants to coordinate responses.
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