How Employers and Healthcare Providers Can Navigate Immigration Enforcement

By Joan-Elisse Carpentier, Yesenia M. Gallegos, Joseph K. Mulherin, Maria C. Rodriguez and Mary Schnoor on February 4, 2025

Posted In Employment

Despite the anticipation of increased enforcement of US immigration laws, the rules and practical advice related to an employer’s legal duties under the Immigration Reform and Control Act, and what to do if US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers present themselves at your place of business, have not changed.

This client alert provides a brief overview, proactive suggestions, and practical tips for employers, as well as for healthcare providers, whose patients may be the target of an ICE visit.

Tags: ICE, Immigration Reform and Control Act, IRCA, US Immigration and Customs Enforcement, US immigration laws

Joan-Elisse Carpentier
Joan-Elisse Carpentier provides legal representation in all areas of immigration and nationality law affecting individuals, corporations and other businesses. She has worked on evaluations of immigration practices of corporations, development of corporate policies and procedures for handling immigration matters and obtaining immigrant and non-immigrant visas, as well as citizenship and expatriation. Joan-Elisse assists businesses with I-9 compliance programs and provides representation during government audits and in settlement negotiations. She also provides advice concerning immigration issues during mergers and acquisitions. Read Joan-Elisse Carpentier's full bio.

Yesenia M. Gallegos
Yesenia M. Gallegos focuses her labor and employment practice on a wide range of matters, including restrictive covenants, wage and hour law, discrimination and harassment claims, executive employment agreements, leaves of absence, employee terminations and reductions in force. Yesenia represents employers in employment litigation—including class actions—pending in both state and federal court. She also represents employers in actions against former employees in trade-secret and embezzlement actions that require immediate restraining orders, injunctions and/or liens. Read Yesenia Gallegos' full bio.

Joseph K. Mulherin
Joseph K. Mulherin focuses his practice on employment class action litigation, with a focus on defending employers against wage-and-hour and employment discrimination lawsuits. Joseph has successfully defended clients from a wide variety of industries, including health services, banking, finance, retail, manufacturing, hospitality, staffing, technology, logistics and construction. Read Joseph K. Mulherin's full bio.

Maria C. Rodriguez
Maria C. Rodriguez advises US and international corporations with regard to employment law compliance and mergers and acquisitions; and defends employment cases and class action litigation. She is a trusted advisor to clients helping them avoid or resolve disputes and protect resources through proactive and strategic planning. She is experienced working with clients in the sports, media and entertainment, technology, food and restaurant, airline, transportation and distribution, health care and fashion industries. Read Maria Rodriguez's full bio.

Mary Schnoor
Mary Schnoor represents clients in government and regulatory litigation and appellate matters. With extensive experience developing legal strategy, briefing cases, and arguing appeals, Mary serves as both an advocate and a counselor to help her clients achieve their objectives in complex litigation and regulatory landscapes. She represents clients across a variety of industries in devising and executing challenges to agency actions under the Administrative Procedure Act (APA) and other laws governing judicial review of government action. Read Mary Schnoor's full bio.

How Employers and Healthcare Providers Can Navigate Immigration Enforcement

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