Legal Alert: Answers to Employer Questions in Wake of Threatened ICE Raids

This legal alert was published on July 15, 2019, by Davis Bae (Seattle), Steven Bernstein (Tampa), Todd Lyon (Portland/Seattle), and Shanon Stevenson (Atlanta).

It looks at how your workplace might be affected by ICE raids or audits and how you can be prepared if one were to take place. If you receive a Notice of Inspection for an audit, contact legal counsel immediately to ensure efficiency and accuracy during the process. If your workplace is the target of a raid, you can manage the situation by staying calm, documenting the actions taken by ICE without interfering with their investigation, and by not giving any statements to ICE agents without first speaking with legal counsel. To be prepared, be sure to stay up-to date with your I-9 compliance programs, and make sure all I-9 forms are present and complete.