The National Immigration Law Center website (http://www.nilc.org/) has an action link regarding SS mismatch letters, and how they are harmful, especially to the "most vulnerable".

Clicking on that link I found the most shocking PDF file outlining a DHS proposal that offers employers "safe habor" from being held accountable for hiring illegal aliens! In additon to offering a way for employers to skirt the "knowingly" hired part of current immigration law, it goes a step further by offering a way for employers to keep these employees (if they can't resolve the mis-match within 63 days, they can simply submit a NEW 1-9!).

It is not lost on me that employers have already adopted the proposed modus operandi, despite the fact that nothing short of congressional approval should be required to make this law.

Exerpt:

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
8 CFR Part 274a (<----CFR? Bad omen, IMHO))
[ICE 2377–06; Docket No. ICEB–2006–0004]
RIN 1653–AA50
Safe-Harbor Procedures for Employers
Who Receive a No-Match Letter
AGENCY: Bureau of Immigration and
Customs Enforcement, Department of
Homeland Security.
ACTION: Proposed rule.
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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Immigration
and Customs Enforcement proposes to
amend the regulations relating to the
unlawful hiring or continued
employment of unauthorized aliens.
The amended regulation describes the
legal obligations of an employer, under
current immigration law, when the
employer receives a no-match letter
from the Social Security Administration
or the Department of Homeland
Security. It also describes ‘‘safe-harbor’’
procedures that the employer can follow
in response to such a letter and thereby
be certain that DHS will not find that
the employer had constructive
knowledge that the employee referred to
in the letter was an alien not authorized
to work in the United States.

http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422 ... 6-9303.pdf