11/30/2009
Department of Homeland Security Rescinds the Bush No-Match Rule
There is still confusion concerning knowledge of illegal immigrants in the workplace. ANLA provides some tips for employers.

In 1986, Congress made it unlawful for an employer to knowingly employ a person not authorized to work in the United States. It also provided for a paper-based employment verification system now known as Form I-9. The I-9 Form became the basic means of verifying employment authorization.

As experience with the I-9 form grew, Congress, immigration enforcement agencies, and employers became aware that it was vulnerable to identity fraud. A common form of fraud was the use of a social security number that either did not exist or belonged to someone other than the employee presenting it.

For many years, the Social Security Administration sent letters to employers and affected employees alerting them when the name and social security number submitted by the employer did not match a name and social security number in SSA’s database. These letters were known as “no matchâ€