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Social Security Administration "No-Match" Letters

TOOLKIT AND OTHER RESOURCES

 

Toolkit for Organizers:
Social Security Administration's (SSA's) "No-Match" Letters

 

The Social Security Administration No-Match Program: Inefficient, Ineffective, and Costly (By Marielena Hincapié, NILC; Tyler Moran, NILC; and Michele Waslin, Immigration Policy Center) (Published by Immigration Policy Center, 5/08)
 

DHS "SAFE-HARBOR PROCEDURES" RULE & LITIGATION

FINAL DEPT. OF HOMELAND SECURITY RULE (PUBLISHED 10/7/09): "Safe Harbor Procedures for Employers Who Receive a No-Match Letter: Rescission"

 

"Safe Harbor Procedures for Employers Who Receive a No-Match Letter: Rescission," 74 FR 51447-52 (Oct. 7, 2009).  "The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is amending its regulations by rescinding the amendments promulgated on August 15, 2007, and October 28, 2008, relating to procedures that employers may take to acquire a safe harbor from receipt of No-Match letters." 74 FR at 51447.  The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Calif. dismissed the lawsuit filed against the rule as moot (see below).

SUPPLEMENTAL FINAL DEPT. OF HOMELAND SECURITY RULE (PUBLISHED 10/28/08): "Safe Harbor Procedures for Employers Who Receive a No-Match Letter: Clarification; Final Regulatory Flexibility Analysis"

 

Supplemental Final "No-Match" Letter Rule, 73 FR 63843-67 (Oct. 28, 2008).  (10/23/08).  "The final rule does not make any substantive changes from the August 2007 Final Rule or the Supplemental Proposed Rule." 73 FR at 63861.  Implementation of the Aug. 2007 rule was preliminarily enjoined by the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California on Oct. 10, 2007 (see below).

LITIGATION Regarding DHS Rule: "Safe Harbor Procedures for Employers Who Receive a 'No-Match' Letter"

 

FINAL DISPOSITION: 
Order issued Nov. 18, 2009, dismissing the "no-match" case as moot
. (11/18/09)

 

Preliminary Injunction

 

Temporary Restraining Order

 

Initial News Release and Pleadings

OTHER INFORMATION Regarding DHS Rule: "Safe Harbor Procedures for Employers Who Receive a 'No-Match' Letter"

 

Administration Announces Harsh New Immigration Measures (article) and List of announced measures: "Improving Border Security and Immigration Within Existing Law" (Depts. of Homeland Security & Commerce, 8/10/07)

  Final Rule and Related Information (see "Toolkit for Organizers")
  Background Information (see "Toolkit for Organizers")

ssa "No-Match" LITIGATION (OTHER)

 

Aramark Facility Services v. Service Employees International Union, Local 1877, No. 06-56662 (9th Cir. June 16, 2008).

 

Ashley Furniture Industries, Inc., and Voces de la Frontera, Case No. 18-CA-18737 (formerly 30-CA-17857), Sept. 17, 2008.

ssa "No-Match" Arbitration Decisions

 

Hotel Employees and Restaurant Employees Union, Local 2, and San Francisco Travelodge, Re: Housekeeping Terminations, AAA Case No. 74 300 63 99, May 3, 2000. (PDF)

 

Hotel Employees and Restaurant Employees Union, Local 2, and San Francisco Travelodge, Re: Remedy Phase of a Grievance Involving Housekeeping Terminations, AAA Case No. 74 300 63 99, Dec. 27, 2000. (PDF)

 

Gila's Jewel, Inc., and Local 100, Hotel Employees and Restaurant Employees Union, Re: Discharge of Fernando Vasquez, Case No. 13-300-02261-01, Feb., 19, 2003. (PDF)

 

Emergency Hearing Requested by the New York Hotel and Motel Trades Council, AFL-CIO, Re: Unjust discharge of Jaime Castro, Houseman, for receiving "no match" letter from the Social Security Administration, Decision dated Nov. 9, 2004. (PDF)

 

Service Performance Corp. and Service Employees International Union, Local 1877, McKay Case No. 04-292, Jan. 12, 2005. (PDF)
 


Social Security Number Verification

 

Basic Information Brief: Social Security Number Verification Service (SSNVS) (updated 11/09)

 

Know Your Rights about the Social Security Number Verification Service (SSNVS) (7/09)

 

NILC comment letter re: Social Security Administration proposal regarding online Social Security Number verification service (3/18/05) (PDF)

 

NCLR/NILC Comment Letter: Hearing Before U.S. House of Representatives Subcommittee on Social Security and Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims (9/19/02)
 


Internal Revenue Service "No-Match" Letters

 

Facts About Internal Revenue Service No-Match Letters (PDF, 7/28/09)
 


Immigrants' Rights Update Articles (back to IRU index)

  U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security issues proposed rule: "Safe Harbor Procedures for Employers Who Receive a No-Match Letter" (8/17/06)

 

SSA Cancels Plans to Delay Issuance of Social Security Numbers to Newborns (8/31/00)

   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   

 

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