As US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) ramps up efforts to root out undocumented immigrants, all sectors are feeling the pinch. Detention FacilitiesNew detention facilities are being put into service as the law gives ICE $45 billion to expand its detention system over the next four years. Termination of work permits and orders to self-deport immediately had an abrupt impact on businesses that employed these once legal workers. Forty-three workers at a Wisconsin cheesemaking facility walked off the job when new ownership said it would verify worker’s immigration status using E-Verify. Since about a quarter of all construction workers are immigrants, capital improvements may be delayed due to labor shortages.