No, this is not an article about the cold winter that is upon us. It is about the crackdown being implemented by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security through its primary investigative arm, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

Created in 2003 through a merger of the U.S. Customs Service and the Immigration and Naturalization Service, ICE now has more than 20,000 employees in over 400 offices here and abroad, and an annual budget of more than $5.7 billion. In other words, it is well staffed and funded, and likely to knock on your client’s door very soon if it hasn’t already.