Another Blow for Chertoff’s No Match Letters
Put forth on October 1, 2007 by XicanoPwr
Posted in ICE, Immigration, La Migra
A second federal judge blocked the Bush administration from notifying the nation’s employers that they face possible prosecution for knowingly employing undocumented immigrants unless they fire workers whose Social Security numbers do not match federal records.
Prior today’s ruling, Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff had announced on Aug. 10 that the Social Security Administration (SSA) would be sending letters to employers informing them that a name and social security number does not match SSA records. Under the new rule, employers would have automatically been deputized as de facto immigration enforcement officers.
US District Judge Charles Breyer extended a previous temporary restraining order that was issued on Aug 31, that prevented the rule from taking effect. Breyer said he would rule within 10 days on whether to issue a preliminary injunction that would suspend the administration’s plan indefinitely. Breyer added:
“There would be irreparable harm, serious irreparable injury,” to legally employed workers if the government went ahead with its plan to send 140,000 letters to employers of 8 million workers in the next few months, Breyer said.
San Fransisco Gate is suggesting that Breyer is likely to issue the injunction because the advice in the letters is “not an accurate statement of the law.” If what the SF Gate is suggesting is true, this is one more blow to the Bush Administration’s punitive anti-immigration policy.
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This is the blog of Edmundo "XicanoPwr" Rocha, a social worker, an activist, freelance writer and founder and editor of The Sanctuary. My interests include: immigration reform, critical race theory and it's interaction with equality/inequality and freedom/oppression as they relate to the experiences of people of color in the Americas.
Para Justicia y Libertad is a Latino-centered political blog focusing on the humanistic perspective of politics, history, and society as they relate to the Latina/o community throughout Texas and the United States.
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