Trump’s immigration siege is rattling hospitality industry, workers say
Feb 18, 2026
Unite Here, the US’s largest hospitality workers’ union, says ICE crackdown is harming tourism and costing jobsDonald Trump’s immigration policies are having a chilling effect on the hospitality industry, where nearly a third of workers are immigrants, according to the largest hospitality unio
n in the US.The number of employed hospitality workers dropped by 98,000 from December 2024 to December 2025, according to a report from Unite Here, which represents 300,000 workers across the hospitality, food and tourism industries in the US and Canada. Continue reading... ...read more read less