AFL-CIO, ACLU, and National Immigration Law Center sue to stop "no match" letters
Several groups have filed a lawsuit to prevent the Department of Homeland Security from enforcing a rule that, the groups contend, "will threaten jobs of U.S. citizens and other legally authorized workers simply because of errors in the government's inaccurate social security earnings databases."
Under the new rule, many U.S. citizens and legally authorized workers could be required to be terminated if their erroneous [Social Security Administration] records are not fixed within 90 days of an SSA "no-match" letter being sent to an employer. The rule is scheduled to go into effect on September 14. SSA intends to send out notices to employers enforcing the new rule beginning next Tuesday, September 4. The new notices will be sent to approximately 140,000 employers, affecting about eight million employees. . . .Currently, under the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA), employers must verify the immigration status of employees upon initial hire, using a process carefully crafted by Congress. The new rule would upset the careful balance struck by Congress that does not impose continuing verification obligations or seek to hold employers liable based on SSA records.
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