{"id":29095,"date":"2025-02-16T12:34:37","date_gmt":"2025-02-16T20:34:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/5-quick-answers-to-employers-questions-on-e-verify-ice-raids\/"},"modified":"2025-02-16T12:34:37","modified_gmt":"2025-02-16T20:34:37","slug":"5-quick-answers-to-employers-questions-on-e-verify-ice-raids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/5-quick-answers-to-employers-questions-on-e-verify-ice-raids\/","title":{"rendered":"5 quick answers to employers\u2019 questions on E-Verify, ICE raids"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"text-to-speech\">\n    <button class=\"text-to-speech__button button\"><\/p>\n<p>            <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"text-to-speech__button__icon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.constructiondive.com\/static\/images\/audio_icon.svg?482016190122\" alt=\"-\"><\/p>\n<p>        Listen to the article<br \/>\n        <span class=\"text-to-speech__button__audio-length\">3 min<\/span><br \/>\n    <\/button><\/p>\n<div class=\"text-to-speech__controls\">\n        <audio controls=\"\" class=\"js-text-to-speech\" preload=\"none\"><source src=\"http:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/dmgi9movl\/video\/upload\/q_1\/v1739373725\/news\/text_to_speech\/5-quick-answers-employer-questions-e-verify-ice-raids_tgejdx.wav\" type=\"audio\/mp3\"><\/source><\/audio><\/p>\n<div class=\"text-to-speech__controls__text\">\n            This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.constructiondive.com\/contact\/\" target=\"_blank\">feedback<\/a>.\n        <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>Immigration compliance is changing quickly enough that attorneys at Cozen O\u2019Connor said \u201cit could be changing as we speak\u201d during a webinar held Feb. 6.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>Employers may be wrangling with questions about what to do in scenarios that are becoming very real, including I-9 audits and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids on workplaces.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>Elizabeth Olivera and Kelli Natrin, associates at the firm, answered questions posed by participants during the event regarding the more practical angles of immigration enforcement.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"standard-heading\"><span><span><span><strong><span><span>I-9 and E-Verify<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<h4><span><span><span><span><span>Is there any talk that E-Verify will become mandated?<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>E-Verify is the long-running federal program that allows employers to confirm the eligibility of their employees to work in the U.S. by checking the validity of provided Form I-9 document information. While federal contractors are currently required to use E-Verify, Olivera said, it is not currently required that all employers do so. However, \u201cthat\u2019s not outside the realm\u201d of what might occur moving forward, she noted.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>Discussion regarding an E-Verify mandate has especially existed at the state level, she continued, meaning doing some research into what E-Verify is and what it can do for your business may be \u201ca very smart move.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<h4><span><span><span><span><span>Do companies that use E-Verify have a lower chance of being audited?<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>\u201cI wouldn\u2019t say less of a chance,\u201d Olivera said.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>E-Verify is run through U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, so the government does know who uses it, she continued, but the audits are still considered random. An employer could disclose E-Verify use, if audited, but \u201cI do not think they target specific employers who do not use E-Verify,\u201d she said.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<h4><span><span><span><span><span>What is a typographical error?<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h4>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hrdive.com\/news\/conduct-I9-audit\/734498\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>Typographical errors in I-9 filings<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span><span><span><span><span><span> can be very small \u2014 and costly, Olivera said.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>These errors can be as simple as transposing a number in an employee\u2019s social security number or checkboxing that HR saw an employee\u2019s passport when they actually showed a different document. Name misspellings and incorrect dates on forms can also count.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>\u201cEven the smallest typo\u201d can bring a $288 fine, Olivera said.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"standard-heading\"><strong>ICE raids<\/strong><\/h3>\n<h4><span><span><span><span><span>What is considered a private area that ICE may not access without a warrant? Can any employee follow an ICE agent?<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>Attorneys during the webinar suggested that employers carefully monitor any ICE agents that come to their premises, and that any employee may follow them during the visit \u2014 though they typically recommend a manager do so, Natrin said.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>Her top tip for discerning between private and public areas of business is to ask: \u201cWould you let a customer in here?\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>\u201cYou can\u2019t stop an ICE agent from perusing your store, but you can stop them from entering your stockroom,\u201d Natrin said \u2014 provided they do not have a judicial warrant signed by a judge.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<h4><span><span><span><span><span>Are particular industries more at risk?<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>Natrin noted that it\u2019s a \u201ccommon sense situation\u201d;\u00a0essentially, industries that tend to have a higher population of foreign national employees, like construction and agriculture, are more likely to see ICE raids.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>\u201cBut certainly any industry is susceptible,\u201d she added.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.constructiondive.com\/news\/5-quick-answers-employer-questions-e-verify-ice-raids\/739913\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">This article was originally posted at Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Listen to the article 3 min This audio is auto-generated. 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