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Delaware's U.S. attorney is seeking to compel the state Department of Labor to provide payroll information to ICE.
The subpoena targets 15 businesses suspected of employing undocumented individuals.
This action follows a significant increase in ICE funding and a broader crackdown on undocumented immigrants.
State officials have resisted cooperating with federal immigration authorities.
Delaware's new federal prosecutor has asked a judge to force state labor officials to hand over local businesses' payroll information to Immigration and Customs Enforcement, according to court documents.
Court records indicate the office of Delaware's U.S. Attorney Julianne Murray filed a court petition last week seeking to enforce a subpoena issued by federal immigration authoritie