Quiet Change, Serious Consequences: ICE Expands Form I-9 Substantive Violations for Employers

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) quietly issued updated guidance in March that materially changes how Form I‑9 violations are classified. ICE revised its long-standing Form I‑9 fact sheet to reclassify numerous errors that had historically been treated as correctable technical violations as substantive violations subject to monetary penalties, which significantly increases exposure to fines and enforcement risk for routine Form I‑9 compliance errors.... By: Holland & Knight LLP