How to proactively prepare and protect your workforce amid ICE raids, I-9 audits and other immigration concerns with Brook Duer

How to proactively prepare and protect your workforce amid ICE raids, I-9 audits and other immigration concerns with Brook Duer

Author: Progressive Dairy editors July 1, 2025 Duration: 59:16

In this episode of the Progressive Dairy Podcast, join Brook Duer from the Penn State Ag Law Center and host Kimmi Devaney for a conversation about how to be proactive and protect your workforce amid ICE raids, I-9 audits and other immigration concerns. Most of this information is also applicable to multiple other scenarios where unauthorized people come to the farm.

Reach out to Duer through the Penn State Ag Law Center website.

A Guide for Employers: What to Do if Immigration Comes to Your Workplace (National Immigration Law Center)

Episode overview:

  • [~1:10] Duer’s background
  • [~4:15] What does an ICE raid look like on a farm?
  • [~8:45] Duer’s priority areas for farms
  • [~19:00] How to keep employees calm 
  • [~25:00] Training and drills for these situations
  • [~32:30] Tips to develop contingency plans
  • [~38:05] Signage
  • [~43:10] Warrants vs. administrative search warrants
  • [~49:10] Detainment with a warrant
  • [~54:40] Rapid-fire questions

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