The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has made immigration enforcement a top priority. But the Department also oversees several critical areas impacting the business of fashion: seizing and investigating counterfeit goods, collecting tariffs, processing visa petitions for fashion talent, and identifying and managing cyber risks.

In this episode, Kenya Wiley sits down with John Tobon, former Assistant Director for Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), part of DHS, to talk through what the current focus on immigration enforcement means for IPR violations, visa processing, cyber risks, and other areas critical to fashion and retail. John Tobon brings his three decades of experience in federal law enforcement to the discussion—from serving as a special agent at the United States Customs Service, to learning via email (yes, email!) that hi ...