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Las Vegas hospitality industry braces for impact as ICE raids resume in workplaces

"Our members are concerned in Las Vegas about what's going to happen next," Ted Papageorge from the Culinary Union told me.

Papageorge explained that major resorts have rigorous employment verification systems.

"It's highly regulated on the Strip. So, what happens is, is that your status, all of those different statuses, whether you're parolee, whether you're asylum, whether you're TPS, whether you're DACA, you're here legally with permission," Papageorge said.

Despite these safeguards, Papageorge noted the workforce demographics could still make the industry vulnerable. "Look, in the gaming industry, it's highly regulated, but all of the workers, our union is majority immigrant workers," he said.

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