If you think ICE is just something we keep experiencing here in New England this winter, our latest podcast episode of From Lawyer to Employer is just for you.

Employers are now front and center in the Trump Administration’s pledge to deport undocumented immigrants from communities nationwide. Because of that, I brought on Nina Pelc-Faszcza, one of our attorneys in the immigration area, to come on to talk about the obligations that employers have.

Normally, employers just have to worry about completing the Form I-9 and keeping good documentation on it.

But as Nina highlights, employers now have to know what their obligations are if someone from Immigration and Customs Enforcement shows up at their business.

On the latest episode, Nina mentions:

My advice to all employers really would be to be prepared for it so that you’re not caught off guard and being prepared really means understanding what a visit from ICE, and we can talk about other DHS visits as well, primarily, I think employers are concerned about ICE – Immigration and Customs Enforcement. And so being prepared with some sort of protocol that relevant employees and staff members can be trained on so that they know on a fundamental level, how to get through an interaction with ICE is really important because I think if ICE shows up and you have no idea what to do, that’s when, an employer could potentially be taking advantage of, employers and businesses have certain legal rights against ICE coming into their property, which can be very nuanced

We dive deeper into the subject and I really appreciate Nina coming on to talk about this in a way that’s practical and easy to understand. One of my favorite episodes of the season.

You can find a link to it here or wherever you get your podcasts.