Employers Should Prepare for Immigration Raids in 2025! This means more I-9 Audits for Employers by ICE!

Employers should prepare for stepped-up immigration enforcement in the workplace, including more ICE I-9 audits and raids. This 90-minute webinar on I-9 audit and immigration raid preparation explains what that can mean: a painful process, a sudden loss of workers, and administrative and criminal penalties.

Employers in manufacturing, food processing, agriculture, construction and hospitality with a largely unskilled workforce face the most exposure. Since 1986 employers have had to check new hires' identity and work authorization documents on Form I-9, yet those documents are easy to fake, and counterfeits using stolen identities of real citizens can still pass E-Verify.

DHS can arrive with a notice of inspection or subpoena and demand within three days hiring and termination lists, payroll and tax records, ownership and staffing vendor details, all required I-9 forms and copies of employee documents.

• Conduct an internal I-9 audit and fix recurring errors
• Handle I-9 verification, storage and destruction consistently across sites
• Explain the difference between silent raids and forced raids
• Assess how E-Verify enrollment can reduce ICE fines
• Review recruiting patterns for systematic problems
• Add an immigration section to your legal compliance policy

• Conducting an internal I-9 audit to reduce errors and comply with ICE
• Making sure I-9 verification, storage and destruction are handled carefully at every site
• The differences between silent raids and forced raids
• Finding and fixing patterns of I-9 errors
• How enrolling in E-Verify can reduce ICE fines and penalties
• Reviewing recruiting patterns to detect systematic improprieties
• Using internal audits to avoid ICE audits
• Adding an immigration component to the employer's legal compliance policy
• Reducing the impact of ICE actions at sensitive locations such as hospitals, places of worship and schools

An I-9 audit is often called a silent raid. ICE can sanction employers for incorrectly completed or missing forms, for knowingly hiring unauthorized workers and for missing strict electronic storage rules, with per-worker fines and possible debarment from federal contracts. Employers get 10 days to fix technical errors, but ICE treats many errors as substantive.

The session suits employers of all sizes and industries, business owners, company leaders, HR and compliance professionals, and managers.

• All Employers
• Business Owners
• Company Leadership
• HR Professionals
• Compliance Professionals
• Managers/Supervisors
• Employers in all industries
• Small Business Owners

Margie Faulk is a senior level human resources professional with over 15 years of HR management and compliance experience. A current Compliance Advisor for HR Compliance Solutions, LLC, Margie, has worked as an HR Compliance advisor for major corporations and small businesses in the small, large, private, public and Non-profit sectors.  Margie has provided small to large businesses with risk management strategies that protect companies and reduces potential workplace fines and penalties from violation of employment regulations. Margie is bilingual (Spanish) fluent and Bi-cultural.

Margie’s area of expertise includes Criminal Background Screening Policies and auditing, I-9 document correction and storage compliance, Immigration compliance, employee handbook development, policy development, sexual harassment investigations/certified training, SOX regulations, payroll compliance, compliance consulting, monitoring US-based federal, state and local regulations, employee relations issues, internal investigations, HR management, compliance consulting, internal/external audits, and performance management.

Margie is a speaker and accomplished trainer and has created and presented compliance seminars/webinars for over 16 US and International compliance institutes. Margie has testified as a compliance subject matter expert (SME) for several regulatory agencies and against regulatory agencies, thank goodness not on the same day. Margie offers compliance training to HR professionals, business owners, and leadership to ensure compliance with workplace and regulations.

Margie’s unique training philosophy includes providing free customized tools for all attendees. These tools are customized and have been proven to be part an effective risk management strategy. Some of the customized tools include the I-9 Self Audit. Correction and Storage program, Ban the Box Decision Matrix Policy that Employers can provide in a dispute for allegations, Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) Compliance Guide, Drug-Free Workplace Volatile Termination E-Book and other compliance program tools when attendees register and attend Margie’s trainings.

Margie holds professional human resources certification (PHR) from the HR Certification Institution (HRCI) and SHRM-CP certification from the Society for Human Resources Management. Margie is a member of the Society of Corporate Compliance & Ethics (SCCE).