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Immigrant advocates and health workers urge committee to advance bill requiring notice of federal I-9 audits
Summary
Witnesses told the Joint Committee on Labor and Workforce Development that S.2665 would require employers to post a one-page notice when ICE or DHS schedules an I-9 inspection, giving workers time to gather documents and seek counsel; supporters said Massachusetts privacy rules and Illinois’ 2025 law offer precedents.
Supporters of S.2665 told a joint legislative committee that a simple notice requirement would protect workers whose personal information is disclosed during federal I-9 audits.
Heather Yance, a senior immigration staff attorney at the Massachusetts Law Reform Institute, said the bill requires employers to post a one-page notice visible to employees when federal agencies schedule an I-9 inspection. “Notifying immigrants gives them a pocket of due process before ICE arrives,” she said, adding the notice would allow workers to consult an attorney and prepare documentation.
Matthew Maona, an immigration attorney and adjunct professor at…
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