--- title: "ICE Head Promises to Multiply Worksite Enforcement Actions" description: "" url: "https://wimlaw.com/publications/newsletters/ice-promises-multiply-enforcement" date: "2026-05-30T08:58:59+00:00" language: "en-US" --- # ICE Head Promises to Multiply Worksite Enforcement Actions Written on November 27, 2017. *Tag(s):* [ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement)](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_tags&view=tag&id%5B0%5D=107:ice), [November 2017 Newsletter](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_tags&view=tag&id%5B0%5D=119:november-2017-newsletter) 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. 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