Employers Should Prepare for Immigration Raids in 2026! This Means More I-9 Audits for Employers by ICE

Overview:

Worksite immigration enforcement can turn into an operational crisis faster than most employers expect—not because the organization is trying to do anything wrong, but because Form I-9 compliance tends to live in the cracks between HR, site management, recruiting, payroll, and staffing vendors. The risk isn’t only “Do we have I-9s?” It’s whether your organization can produce complete, consistent, defensible records across locations on short notice, and whether your managers know what to do the moment an inspection notice arrives.

Many multi-site employers discover too late that their I-9 program isn’t one program—it’s ten different versions of “how we do I-9s,” depending on who hired the employee, where the documents were reviewed, whether the hire was remote, and whether a staffing agency was involved. Add turnover, decentralized storage, inconsistent retention practices, and occasional document/identity fraud issues, and even well-meaning teams can end up with missing sections, wrong dates, late reverification, incomplete receipts handling, or I-9s filed where no one can retrieve them quickly. Those are the gaps that create real exposure during an ICE inspection.

This webinar is a practical readiness session designed to help employers reduce disruption and exposure by tightening internal controls before an enforcement event happens. We’ll walk through what a Form I-9 inspection process generally looks like, why employers typically have at least three business days to produce Forms I-9 and related records, and how to build a simple “inspection-ready” workflow—who to notify, what to pull, what to review first, how to spot patterns, and how to correct issues properly through an internal audit process.

The goal isn’t theory or legal debate. It’s helping HR and operations leaders create a repeatable playbook that works across all sites: standardized I-9 completion practices, consistent storage and retention, cleaner handoffs between HR and hiring managers, and smarter coordination with staffing vendors. We’ll also cover how E-Verify fits into an overall compliance strategy—what it helps with, where it doesn’t, and what employers should document to strengthen audit readiness.

Areas covered in the session:

• Learn how to conduct an I-9 internal audit to reduce errors and comply with ICE
• Learn how to Make sure I-9 verification, storage, and destruction are being handled meticulously at all sites
• Learn the differences between Silent Raids and Forced Raids
• Learn how to Internally audit I-9s to find and fix patterns of errors
• Learn how enrolling in E-Verify can reduce ICE fines and penalties
• Learn how to Evaluate recruiting patterns to detect systematic improprieties
• Learn how to conduct an internal audit to avoid ICE audits
• Learn how to prepare an immigration component to the employer’s legal compliance policy
• Learn how to mitigate raids by ICE to sensitive locations like hospitals, places of worship and schools"

Why should you attend?

Many employers believe they are compliant because Form I-9s are being completed—but enforcement risk often comes from how those forms are handled across locations, not whether the form exists. In an inspection, small inconsistencies, missing records, or unclear ownership can quickly escalate into operational disruption, penalties, and loss of workforce continuity. This session is designed to help employers close those gaps before they are exposed.

You will gain a practical understanding of what an ICE Form I-9 inspection looks like in real workplaces and how to prepare a clear internal response plan. Attendees will learn how to organize I-9 records, identify recurring error patterns, conduct defensible internal audits, and coordinate effectively between HR, operations, and site managers when an inspection notice or on-site visit occurs.

This webinar focuses on actionable readiness, not theory. You’ll walk away with a clearer picture of how to strengthen I-9 and E-Verify controls, reduce confusion across multiple sites or remote hiring environments, and build a repeatable process that minimizes disruption and helps protect your organization when enforcement activity occurs.

Handouts:

Attendees will gain access to exclusive handouts, including presentation materials provided by the speaker and additional resources developed by Amorit Education to aid your teams in post-session implementation.

Who will benefit?

Employers with high-turnover or multi-site workforces who handle frequent onboarding, remote hires, or staffing/vendor labor will benefit from this practical session on I-9 inspection readiness, internal audits, and response planning. This program is especially relevant for leaders responsible for I-9 controls, hiring workflows, recordkeeping, and site-level execution—those include:

• HR Director
• HR Manager
• HR Compliance Manager
• Employment Compliance Manager
• I-9 Compliance Specialist
• I-9/E-Verify Program Administrator
• Talent Acquisition Manager
• Recruiting Operations Manager
• Onboarding Manager
• HR Operations Manager
• Shared Services HR Manager
• Payroll Manager
• Payroll Compliance Manager
• Workforce Management Manager
• Operations Manager (Multi-Site)
• Plant Manager
• Facility Manager
• Regional Manager
• General Manager (Multi-Location)
• Director of Operations
• Compliance Officer (HR/Workforce)
• Risk & Compliance Manager
• Internal Audit Manager (HR/Operational Compliance)
• Legal Operations Manager (Workforce Compliance)
• Immigration Compliance Coordinator
• Staffing/Vendor Management Manager
• Contractor Compliance Manager