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Judge temporarily halts 'no-match' rule.(CAPITOL UPBEAT)

Units, October, 2007

On Aug. 31, a federal judge temporarily halted implementation of new immigration enforcement regulations that were to go into effect Sept. 14. The rule concerns "no-match" letters the Social Security Administration (SSA) or Department of Homeland Security (DHS) issue when an employer submits a W-2 employee wage report but the employee's Social Security number (SSN) does not match the one in the government's database.

Prior to the new rules, the SSA maintained that a "no-match" letter was merely informational and imposed no employer obligation to respond. Under the new rules, DHS contends that the "no-match" letters can be used as evidence that an employer had "constructive knowledge" that an employee is using a false SSN or is otherwise violating work...

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