It’s been a couple of weeks since Trump has been back in office and legal immigration enforcement has once again become a top priority. According to SHRM, businesses across the country are experiencing a surge in worksite audits, surprise ICE inspections, and the legal risks that come with them. For industries that rely on temporary labor like logistics, warehousing, manufacturing, and food production this is not a political matter, but a direct concern to their operations.

Temporary staffing is notoriously an industry that struggles to deliver reliable results. To identify a solution to this reliability crisis, we need to understand why it seems nearly impossible to ensure the right number of workers—or even the right individuals—arrive at the facilities that desperately need them. The crux of the issue boils down to a simple yet difficult challenge to fix, accountability on the part of individual workers.