Kerry Calls for Delay of Employee Verification Rules

U.S. Newswire, September, 2007

To: BUSINESS EDITORS

Contact: Kathryn Seck of the U.S. Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship, 1-202-224-9431

WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Senator John Kerry (D- Mass.) today called on the Bush Administration to delay its implementation of a new employee verification regulation pending the completion of a full and complete economic impact analysis, as is required by federal law. Currently, the regulation could force businesses to fire employees who have discrepancies with their social security numbers.

"There's a right way and a wrong way to enforce our immigration laws, and relying on a Social Security database that's famous for its inaccuracies is the wrong way," said Kerry, Chairman of the Committee on Small Business and...

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