On October 22, 2025, the Pennsylvania Department of Education’s Migrant Education Program (PA-MEP) will conduct its regular recruitment coordinators monthly meeting. 

During the meeting, staff attorney Audry Thompson will present “Immigration and Farm Workers: Employer Rights and Responsibilities.”  

Increased immigration enforcement under the current administration has become a topic of concern for agricultural employers as recent enforcement activities have begun to target farms, production plants, and meatpacking facilities. This presentation will cover employer responsibilities in hiring, such as I-9 form verification, and employer rights in the event of workplace investigative enforcement, or “ICE raid,” including the definition of a “search” and how to identify administrative vs. judicial warrants.