The Dept. of Homeland Security has taken another step toward reviving a planned regulation aimed at cracking down on companies that hire illegal immigrants. DHS on Oct. 23 issued a supplemental final rule that sets forth what companies must do when they receive a Social Security Administration notice that the name and Social Security number on a worker's W-2 form don't match the agency's records.
The department had issued a "no match" regulation in August 2007, but critics, including the AFL-CIO and American Civil Liberties Union, filed suit and a federal district court temporarily blocked DHS from carrying out the rule.