The U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security will temporarily abandon its efforts to enforce its regulation cracking down on employers that systematically hire illegal immigrants and develop a new proposal that the agency hopes can pass legal muster, according to papers filed by the agency with the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California Nov. 23.
The DHS asked the court to put a hold on a pending lawsuit challenging the "no-match" rule until March 2008 so that the agency could develop a proposal that addresses some of the concerns raised by a federal district judge earlier this year. DHS says it plans to develop and publish a revised proposal by March 2008.