Description
The program explores increasing immigration enforcement actions at educational campuses and at places of worship, the policy changes that catalyzed this increased enforcement, and the current legal challenges to those executive actions and policies seeking to reinforce institutional, student, and congregant rights.
Legal advisers to these organizations must understand the current enforcement environment, the nuances and differences in preparing for and defending DHS audits versus DHS raids, and what responses and reactions are necessary and appropriate for each. Be prepared to counsel on specific risks such as loss of federal funding, advising students on visa surveillance and revocation, and the impact of sanctuary policies.
Listen as this experienced panel reviews how to prepare clients for immigration enforcement actions with strategies, protocols, and policies supporting their staff, students, and families.
Presented By
Mr. D'Arduini primarily serves multinational corporations and Fortune 500 companies in financial services, technology, consumer products, manufacturing, health care, insurance, and defense industries. In order to advance their talent attraction, productivity, and retention goals, he advises these clients on policies, procedures, and operating models for sponsoring their foreign national staff members for visas, work authorizations, paths to permanent residence, naturalization, and citizenship. He also has experience advising clients on the immigration-related impact of mergers and acquisitions for companies across multiple sectors and multiple continents.
Mr.D'Arduini also provides premier services for right-to-work (I-9 and similar regulatory schemes across the world), suspect identity and work authorization documents, immigration-related fraud, and wage compliance programs by auditing existing programs or initiating new compliance practices and protocols. He integrates improved protocols to mitigate risk and align with corporate objectives and strategies. He also has successfully defended and advised clients through immigration enforcement investigations, including raids of company facilities to determine the validity of work authorization of its employee corps, and discriminated-related investigations initiated by the Department of Justice’s Immigrant and Employee Rights division.
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This 90-minute webinar is eligible in most states for 1.5 CLE credits.
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Date + Time
- event
Thursday, July 31, 2025
- schedule
1:00 p.m. ET./10:00 a.m. PT
I. Introduction and legal foundations
II. Current enforcement climate: policy changes and lawsuit challenges
III. Understanding enforcement actions and what response is allowed
IV. Proactive preparation of policies, recordkeeping, training, and facilities
V. Facilitating family and student support
VI. Institutionally specific considerations for schools and churches
VII. Conclusion
The panel will review these and other issues:
- The legal foundation concerning student educational rights under Plyler, FERPA, and more
- The policy changes to "sensitive location enforcement" and the effects on institutions and the legal challenges that have followed in Mennonite Church USA, Denver Public Schools, and others
- Differences in DHS raids and audits, warrant types, and how institutions can and cannot respond lawfully when presented with an action
- Best practices for preparing clients on pupil record laws, data collection, safe zones, I-98 management, staff training, and more
- Specific challenges, including sanctuary, harboring, application of religious freedoms, and FERPA compliance
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