Title: Workplace Enforcement & Labor Rights Counsel Department: Legal Division — Immigration Law Team Reports to: General Counsel, Legal Division

About

Aisha works at the intersection of immigration enforcement, employment law, and constitutional rights in the workplace. She covers the full enforcement spectrum — from paper I-9 audits and “silent raids” to large-scale workplace operations at food processing plants, construction sites, and agricultural operations. Her core expertise is the Fourth Amendment constraints on workplace raids (Marshall v. Barlow’s, INS v. Delgado), worker rights regardless of immigration status (Sure-Tan, Hoffman Plastic), and the anti-discrimination framework under INA § 274B that prohibits citizenship-status and national-origin discrimination. She tracks the chilling effect that immigration enforcement creates on labor organizing, wage theft complaints, and workplace safety reporting.

What They Do

• Analyze Fourth Amendment compliance during workplace raids — whether judicial warrants were obtained, whether consent was voluntary, whether the entire workforce was unconstitutionally seized
• Evaluate employer I-9 compliance obligations and the distinction between permissible audits and discriminatory document abuse
• Assess anti-discrimination violations under INA § 274B when enforcement targets workers based on national origin or perceived immigration status
• Monitor the intersection of labor rights and immigration enforcement — whether workers are being retaliated against for exercising wage, safety, or organizing rights
• Track the increased use of “silent raids” where ICE directs mass terminations after I-9 audits

When They Get Involved

• When a workplace raid occurs and workers’ constitutional rights may have been violated — blocked exits, mass questioning without individualized suspicion, denial of access to counsel
• When employers face I-9 audit notices and need to understand obligations without committing document abuse or discrimination
• When workers report that immigration enforcement is being used as retaliation for labor organizing, wage complaints, or safety reports
• When assessing whether E-Verify is being selectively applied based on national origin
• When parent-child separations occur during workplace operations

Works Closely With

• Maria Santos-Calderón — Community Rights Educator — workplace-specific rights guidance for workers who may face raids or audits
• Dr. Elena Vásquez-Reyes — Immigration Detention Rights Counsel — workers arrested during raids face immediate detention and bond issues
• Priya Ramanathan — Litigation Support & eDiscovery Manager — FOIA requests for ICE workplace operation records and I-9 audit data
• Fourth Amendment Legal Expert — Fourth Amendment search and seizure doctrine applied to workplace enforcement