Thousands of illegal immigrants, including West Indians, have been granted a temporary reprieve when a United States federal judge prohibited the Department of Homeland Security from carrying out new rules to crack down on their employers.
The ruling in the Federal District Court in San Francisco has dealt a legal setback to a central part of the Bush administration's effort to increase enforcement of the immigration laws.
Judge Maxine M. Chesney also ordered the Social Security Administration to suspend a mailing, scheduled to begin Wednesday, of about 140,000 letters to employers advising them that some of their employees' Social Security information did not match the agency's records.
The U.S. government said illegal immigrants often apply for work with false Social Security numbers.
The mailings, known as 'no-match letters', were going to be accompanied by a two-page notice from the Homeland Security Department advising employers of the new rules, which give them 90 days to fire any employee who cannot show valid Social Security identification, or risk civil and even criminal charges for knowingly hiring illegal immigrants.
New rules
The Bush administration an-nounced the rules in August, which were expected to take effect on September 10. Judge Chesney has scheduled a hearing on the matter for October 1.
The ruling came in response to a lawsuit filed Wednesday by the national labour union, AFL-CIO, several California labour groups and the American Civil Liberties Union.
The suit argues that because of errors in the Social Security Administration's database, many Caribbean-born American citizens and other legal immigrant workers could be dismissed because of the new rules.
The suit also claims the rules could lead to widespread discrimination against these workers.
Last week, Caribbean and other immigrants were given another setback when the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services announced that immigrants with green cards without expiration dates must immediately replace them or face penalties
2007-09-04 04:21:33 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Immigration
That was Friday, right? Yeah, I think it is a wrong decision, but it had potentially high consequences (except against seasonal workers, since every worker would have 90 days to fix the problem AFTER getting the letter, which comes some time after they start...). Courts like time to consider potentially high consequences, and are human too. As in, even Judges take Labor Day weekend vacations.
2007-09-04 04:26:56 · answer #1 · answered by DAR 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Sounds like some liberal judges have lost their minds and have decided to let the criminals run the country!
Maybe Homeland Security should arrest the judge for aiding and abetting.
2007-09-04 05:13:20 · answer #2 · answered by Coasty 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I am not one for conspiracy theories, but, being W wants amnesty, and for window dressing to appease those who said no, did he set up a court challenge where it set in motion a crack down with these letters, knowing that is would be found unconstitutional. I fear we have lost our country to the rights of the illegals.
2007-09-04 06:13:49 · answer #3 · answered by jean 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yeah, I study it. It talks on the topic of the San Bernardino voter's initiative, besides. With all this occurring, how ought to the Senate be so out of song with the country? and that i used to think of academia become the ivory tower....
2016-10-19 22:06:36 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
How does this "judge" feel about Bank Robbery and Rape?
She "OK" with them too?
2007-09-04 04:54:04 · answer #5 · answered by tom p 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋