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Six H-2B landscaping workers in Michigan stopped by ICE in suspected targeted raid

Sep 11, 2026·Location: Highland Township, MI

Six H-2B landscaping workers in Michigan stopped by ICE in suspected targeted raid
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Six employees of GLC Property Maintenance, a landscaping company in Highland Township, Michigan, were stopped by nine ICE vehicles while driving to work, an encounter partly captured on video by one worker. The company says all six are legally employed on H-2B visas, and agents released them after reviewing their paperwork. Owner Tyler Ralko, whose parents founded the business 25 years ago, said the employees are hardworking and pay taxes, described the stop as what he believes was a targeted raid, and has contacted an immigration attorney and U.S. Sen. Elissa Slotkin's office, which he says has been helpful. Ralko said he reached out to ICE for an explanation but has not heard back, and other local landscaping businesses have since contacted him, taking the incident as a reminder for H-2B workers to keep their paperwork on hand at all times.

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