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Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Form I-9 Government Investigations

Quarles & Brady LLP

The Top 5 Things to Keep in Mind While Cooperating with an ICE or FDNS Visit

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Immigration authorities have several functions that may bring them to a business to conduct immigration and employment-related investigations. As the government prioritizes these investigative functions, it is important for...more

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Act Now, Don’t Panic Later. Dress Warmly for ICE

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The message for 2025 is clear: compliance is not optional, and preparation is essential. Review your policies, automate, and innovate where possible, train your staff, develop job aids, and strengthen your compliance program....more

Ballard Spahr LLP

I-9s and the New Administration – Act Now to Protect Your Workforce

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Companies across various industries in the United States should begin preparing for President-elect Donald Trump's expected crackdown on immigration, and particularly focus on ensuring their employees’ I-9 forms are in order....more

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Immigration Compliance for Employers in 2025: Guide to Worksite Audits

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During the first Trump administration, worksite enforcement actions (aka raids) were focused in the Southeast and Midwest. The primary industries targeted were manufacturing and meat/poultry processing. In 2017, Thomas Homan...more

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

Largest Single-State Worksite Enforcement Operation Leads to Indictments Against Managers, Supervisors, and Human Resources...

Federal indictments were unsealed recently against four managers, supervisors, and human resources personnel at Mississippi-based poultry processing plants as a result of an ongoing criminal investigation into company hiring...more

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How to Manage an ICE Site Visit

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On August 7, 2019, more than 600 agents from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raided several companies across Mississippi. With the help of the local district attorney’s office, these raids resulted in the...more

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

The ICE-Man Cometh: How to Avoid Becoming the Next Immigration Raid Headline

Last October, Thomas Homan, the acting director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), announced that 2018 would see a significant increase in worksite related investigations. He pledged a four-fold increase in...more

Baker Donelson

Is the Health Care Industry Ready for I-9 Audits? What You Need to Know About Compliance

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The health care industry accounts for the largest segment of the U.S. labor market and, as such, is positioned for heightened scrutiny from federal agencies tasked with regulating and enforcing rules on employment. That...more

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Targeted ICE Investigations ~ in it for the Long Haul with Record $95 Million Plea Deal for I-9 Violations

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Following a six year investigation, the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) unit issued a statement confirming a guilty plea on September 28, 2017 by Asplundh Tree Experts,...more

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Avoiding An ICE Raid

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It has been fewer than 100 days since Donald J. Trump became the 45th President of the United States of America. In this short time, there has been a flurry of immigration-related activity, which has caused the national...more

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High Fines Continue to Provide “Additional Motivation” for I-9 Compliance

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Although Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has recently eased off of its record pace for commencing new I-9 inspections, employers can take no comfort. ICE continues to use these inspections as a key enforcement tool...more

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I-9 COMPLIANCE - A Fixed Fee Program

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Investigations and audits of Form I-9 documents by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents are steeply on the rise, and the Obama administration is promising to keep the heat on employers in the coming year. ...more

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