From NAA: Immigration Enforcement and Rental Housing

From NAA

This member resource is compiled by the National Apartment Association's (NAA) Legal Affairs team, and authored by Sheppard Mullin. More information on the authors is available at the end of this resource. Please note that this document is not a substitute for legal or operational advice, and NAA recommends contacting qualified legal counsel regarding ICE enforcement activities specific to your properties.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), both components of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), have increased immigration enforcement activities, including operations at rental housing communities.

While the U.S. Government originally stated that its initial focus would be the removal of non-citizens with criminal convictions, beefing up border enforcement and terminating humanitarian parole programs, enforcement activity has spread beyond those limits, due in part to increasing pressure on ICE to increase its deportation numbers. In addition, the recently enacted One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBA) provides enhanced resources for DHS to enable more widespread enforcement actions. Many apartment owners and operators are understandably concerned that they could be pulled into the fray. Read more here.