The Employer's ICE Worksite Enforcement Playbook: How to Prepare Before the Agents Arrive

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ICE worksite enforcement is running at roughly ten times its 2024 pace, and the companies that get hurt are almost never the ones with a perfect file — they're the ones with no plan. This playbook shows employers how to tell an I-9 audit apart from a physical raid, read a judicial versus administrative warrant, build a response plan before agents arrive, and limit penalty exposure under the stricter 2026 substantive standard. Includes the first hour of an audit step by step, how penalties are actually calculated, and a readiness checklist.

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