DELL RAPIDS, S.D. (KELO) – As the Department of Homeland Security and ICE continue to make arrests and deportations in the nationwide crackdowns on illegal immigration, we wanted to hear from industries in South Dakota that often rely on migrants to fill their workforce.

BX Civil and Construction is a heavy highway road construction company that employs many migrant workers.

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“About 80% of our field workforce is Hispanic, primarily Hispanic workforce,” Jill Adams, Chief HR Officer at BXCC, said. “Probably starting back around 2010 is when we kind of had that shift into more migrant workers.”

Adams says the company does everything it can to make sure all employees are authorized to work in the United States. Adams says the company is not concerned about the crackdown on immigration when it comes to that aspect. However, she wishes there were more avenues to get legal migrant workers.

“We want people to have the right or the authorization to work for us because we need them,” Adams said. “You know, they’re doing difficult work and it’s not really work that a lot of people want to do. It’s hard, physical labor. It’s important work.”

And Adams says no matter where their workers come from, they do their jobs well.

“They work very hard and they’re very appreciative of everything that they have here and the opportunity to work,” Adams said. “They just really appreciate it and we enjoy having them work for us. They do important, vital work for us.”