Thread: Social Security no match letters w/ new enforcement blocked

for now.....

dont let this get us down. This was pretty weak enforecement anyway.

They better keep up the ICE raids and keep building that fence.

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Judge puts hold on immigration penalty letters to employers
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Government letters are to outline penalties for knowingly hiring illegal immigrants

Unions say letters violate workers' rights and unfairly burden employers

Judge will revisit case of the "no-match" letters October 1


SAN FRANCISCO, California (AP) -- The Social Security Administration cannot start sending out letters to employers next week that carry with them more serious penalties for knowingly hiring illegal immigrants, a federal judge ruled Friday.

Ruling on a lawsuit by the nation's largest federation of labor unions against the U.S. government, U.S. District Judge Maxine Chesney granted a temporary restraining order prohibiting the so-called "no-match" letters from going out as planned starting Tuesday.

The AFL-CIO lawsuit, filed this week, claims that new Department of Homeland Security rules outlined in accompanying letters threaten to violate workers' rights and unfairly burden employers. Chesney said the court needs "breathing room" before making any decision on the legality of new penalties aimed at cracking down on the hiring of illegal immigrants.

She set the next hearing on the matter for October 1.

The Social Security Administration has sent out "no-match" letters for more than two decades warning employers of discrepancies in the information the government has on their workers. Employers often brushed aside the letters, and the small fines that sometimes were incurred, as a cost of doing business.

But this year, those letters are to be accompanied by notices from the Department of Homeland Security outlining strict new requirements for employers to resolve those discrepancies within 90 days or face fines or criminal prosecution if they're deemed to have knowingly hired illegal immigrants.

http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/law/08/31/im ... index.html

Federal judge blocks tougher penalties for illegal-alien hiring
By Michelle Malkin • August 31, 2007 10:03 PM

Oh, crikey. A San Francisco federal judge appointed by guess-who interferes with stiffer employer sanctions for businesses that knowingly hire illegal aliens because she says she needs more “breathing room:â€

So they smack down enforcement of the no-match SSN's and then give Mexican truckers a free ride throughout the US. WTH is going on w/this country?

My question is why are these cases always given to the 9th "Circus" Court of Appeals??? San Francisco is the center of all things problematic in this country. National decisions should NOT be given to them!

I've been researching Maxine, and her previous decisions, and this one isn't at all surprising given her history. I've given her a prestigious "Weeoo Out Of Control Judge" award, to go with her 2007 Heisler judge...

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This was predictable (see my previous post...)The ACLU and those against any effective immigration enforcement and indeed against our Nation itself filed this lawsuit in San Francisco on purpose due to the left leaning nature of the US District Court. They are also banking on this getting appealed up to the 9th US Circuit which is even more wacko and will certainly agree with this Stay. I imagine months from now the government will then appeal to the US Supreme Court who will overturn the stay as it has no actual legal basis much like almost all the other cases out of the 9th Circuit.

Score one for the Commies...Good thing is legally they don't have a leg to stand on, just some lefto activist judges in California to slow things down until the next election. Next time around someone should file a similar baloney lawsuit in a different appeals circuit so they can't file in San Francisco, that would hurt them badly!