Court halts use of Social Security data in illegal immigrant
Court halts use of Social Security data in illegal immigrant employment case
by Jessica Kelmon
Oct 01, 2007
WASHINGTON - Government plans to use Social Security data to prevent the hiring of illegal immigrants were on hold this week thanks to a California court order.
The Department of Homeland Security had hoped to get the order lifted Monday after a hearing before U.S. District Court Judge Charles Breyer in the Northern District of California. But Breyer extended an earlier temporary restraining order barring implementation of the plans.
Under the government’s rule, Homeland Security and the Social Security Administration were going to send an initial batch of 140,000 so-called “no matchâ€