Atlantaemployersturningawayfromundocumentedimmigrants

Companies are becoming more diligent about hiring workers with lawful status, a staffing industry leader says

President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown has in its early stages separated local families and led to a surge in detainee populations inside Georgia’s immigrant jails. There are signs that the administration’s deportation campaign also has begun impacting the local labor market.

According to HireQuest, a recruiting agency with offices nationwide, there has been a surge in staffing inquiries for construction jobs in Atlanta.

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Atlanta employers turning away from undocumented immigrants

editorial BY

Lautaro Grinspan
Journalist

ORIGINALLY APPEARED

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
April 3, 2025

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