Homeowner hires undocumented workers for $10k job, calls ICE when job is almost complete

[BlueWaveNeverEnd]

In the footage, which begins on the roof of the property, federal agents could be seen on the lawn waiting for workers to get down. A ladder is brought, the workers get to the ground and ICE officers begin making arrests.

Polanco, the man believed to be filming and narrating the incident, is heard saying they are surrounded and telling agents he is filming, which he is entitled to do. He told agents that he was cooperating and asked why they were there. 

Agents were then seen holding a group of workers on a mat on the ground before taking them away while the construction materials were left behind. 

The woman was reported to owe the workers $10,000 for a three-day job, according to Univision. If that is proved to be true, she could potentially face charges under Maryland law, which includes a clause on a person not being able to obtain labor from another person if their consent is induced with the threat or wrongful use of notifying law enforcement of the worker's undocumented or illegal immigration status. This also applies to withholding wages.


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https://www.newsweek.com/homeowner-called-ice-on-migrants-she-hired-worker-says-11742032

Link to tweet

Edit: iCE has a different story
https://www.tmz.com/2026/03/26/ice-response-maryland-homeowner-calling-deport-roofers/

[Deuxcents]

1. Hopefully, some lawyer will sue for them and the proper punishment for the homeowner is handed out

[Skittles]

2. DOXX HER

YES INDEED

[UTUSN]

3. Yip, an old dirty trick also seen after Katrina

[Abolishinist]

4. I was really pizzed until I got to the 4th paragraph.

Still not a good situation, but hopefully this will cost her much more than she intended (which apparently was $-zero-).

[efhmc]

5. This is one of the questions reputable people ask over and over is why the employers are not punished for breaking the

law.

[vapor2]

6. Just effn cruel and sick

[The Wizard]

7. Trump wrote the book for this kind of skullduggery.

His mentor, disbarred and disgraced attorney Roy Cohn who also prosecuted Ethel and Julius the Rosenberg. Ethically challenged is an understatement.

[IbogaProject]

8. Roofing owner is legal

So mechanic's lein will be levied and she will be sued for fraud. Depending on Maryland law she may be liable for trebble damages if her conduct is found to be shock the conscience of a normal person.

[Bayard]

9. Vicious

Maybe her roof will be beat to death by hail.

[ecstatic]

10. I say... charge her. She broke the law

Lock her ass up!

...she could potentially face charges under Maryland law, which includes a clause on a person not being able to obtain labor from another person if their consent is induced with the threat or wrongful use of notifying law enforcement of the worker's undocumented or illegal immigration status. This also applies to withholding wages.