The increasingly polarized political climate has placed California employers in the middle of the dispute between the federal and California governments over immigration policy. On October 5, 2017, Governor Jerry Brown of California signed the Immigrant Worker Protection Act (AB 450) into law. The

The Place: A car wash in Los Angeles The Time: The 1970s The Scene: A busy afternoon at the car wash. Immigration agents burst onto the property in search of undocumented workers. The cashier—wife of the manager— yells frantically into the public address mic,