US Citizenship and Immigration Services is sunsetting a Biden-era program designed to encourage undocumented workers to speak out on labor violations, signaling the Trump administration won’t prioritize that aspect of enforcement even as it ramps up workplace raids.

The Deferred Action for Labor Enforcement program was among the raft of policies and programs overturned in the days after President Donald Trump’s inauguration, according to a person familiar with the matter. In the months since, the Department of Homeland Security subagency responsible for adjudicating immigration benefits stopped processing applications, the person said.

Under DALE, undocumented workers involved in a state or federal labor investigation could apply to USCIS for four years of deferred action from deportation and temporary work authorization. But the protection is discretionary, and already the agency has terminated the status of a handful of workers at the request of US Immigration and Customs Enforcement, said the person, who requested anonymity to speak candidly about the state of the program.

The cancellation of DALE occurred without much fanfare. USCIS archived a webpage with information about the program on Jan. 24, and released draft revisions in May for a form for deferred immigration action that removed an option for “Labor Investigation-Based” protection.

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