On-Demand Webinar | I-9

Expect the Unexpected: Learning from the I-9 Curveballs of 2025

If 2025 has proven anything, it’s that Form I-9 can throw you a curveball when you least expect it. From a sudden surge in worksite enforcement and rapidly shifting immigration policies, to government shutdowns, evolving E-Verify obligations, and renewed federal scrutiny, employers have had to make quick decisions in situations where the playbook wasn’t always clear…

In this year-end session, I-9 aficionado John Fay  walked through several real-world “curveball” scenarios that highlight how HR teams might respond with greater agility and confidence when policy, practice, and panic collide. 

Topics included:

  • Audit Preparedness: How to help strengthen your internal review and enforcement-response plan before a surprise ICE visit.
  • Documentation Rules in Flux: A look at some of the I-9 complexities for employees working pursuant to DACA, TPS, humanitarian parole, or a pending asylum case.
  • Operational Challenges During the Shutdown: Helping understand the I-9 and E-Verify issues that surfaced during the 2025 government shutdown, including document delays, TNC resolution timelines, and related USCIS guidance.
  • TPS Venezuela Update: Information on some of the latest developments and USCIS guidance on completing and updating I-9s for Venezuelan TPS beneficiaries.
  • Emerging Enforcement and E-Verify Trends: How growing attention to document fraud, new state E-Verify mandates, and recent DOJ actions under the False Claims Act are reshaping the I-9 landscape.

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