In a speech given on October 17, acting Immigration and Customs Enforcement ("ICE") Director Tom Human stated that he has instructed Homeland Security Investigations, the investigative unit of ICE, to quadruple worksite enforcement actions next year, referring to the next fiscal year beginning October 1, 2018. He also stated that "not only are we going to prosecute the employers that hire illegal workers, we’re going to detain and remove the illegal alien workers."
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