DHS presses ahead with plan to use Social Security records to enforce immigration laws
Lisa Caruso

Despite protests from businesses, organized labor, and immigrant-rights groups, the Homeland Security Department is pressing ahead with a controversial rule to use Social Security records to enforce immigration laws.

The department’s bid, critics say, will harm legal workers and the U.S. economy without solving the problem of illegal immigration because it relies on inaccurate information. The rule, officially published on March 26, amounts to a politically motivated push by Republicans to crack down on employers who hire illegal workers, opponents contend.

“They’ve got to show their base that they’re enforcing the immigration law even they say is flawed,â€