QUISLING: a synonym for traitor, someone who collaborates with the invaders of his country.
Posted on 10/10/2007 11:08:38 AM PDT by SmithL
San Francisco (AP) -- A federal judge on Wednesday granted a request by labor and civil liberties organizations to temporarily block the U.S. government from proceeding with a plan to crack down on businesses who may be employing illegal immigrants.
U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer said the Social Security Administration and the Department of Homeland Security could not go ahead with a plan to send joint letters warning businesses they'll face penalties if they keep workers whose Social Security numbers don't match their names.
Breyer said the new work-site rule would likely impose hardships on businesses and their workers.
"The plaintiff's have demonstrated they will be irreparably harmed if DHS is permitted to enforce the new rule," Breyer wrote.
The so-called "No Match" letters were supposed to start going out in September, but labor groups and immigrant activists filed a lawsuit claiming the plan would put a heavy burden on employers, and could cause many authorized immigrants and U.S. citizens to lose their jobs over innocent paperwork snafus.
The government, however, argued that the rule doesn't impose an expense, and some businesses want to avoid liability for hiring undocumented workers.
On Oct. 1, Breyer requested time to consider the legal arguments presented by government attorneys and plaintiffs, which include the AFL-CIO, the American Civil Liberties Union, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and a number of other business and labor groups.
A large portion of the mismatches in the Social Security Administration's records are believed to stem from illegal immigrants who make up fake Social Security numbers to get a job.
(Excerpt) Read more at sfgate.com ...
QUISLING: a synonym for traitor, someone who collaborates with the invaders of his country.
How temporary is this block?
This is what happens when we vote for RINOS. This is what happens when we play nice to the other party. This judge passed through a REPUBLICAN senate. So did Ginsburg and a miriad host of other Communists.
I am not mad at the Communists. After all, they ARE Communists. I am ENRAGED at the REPUBLICANS for voting for this open traitor.
Is this somthing that will go to the Supremes??
Fair and balanced there!
Why don't we have a litmus test for these lefties like they do for ours???
Gee, what a surprise! A liberal judge, appointed by Clinton, who is doing exactly what the Clintons and the Booshs want! Papa and young Dubai Boosh, that is!!
I don't know. I suppose it could if the government appeals the decision. From the article:
The injunction blocks the implementation of the government's plan until the lawsuit is resolved or an appeals court overturns this judge's decision. The government will evaluate the "modest legal obstacles" presented by the judge, addressing them in litigation or outside court, as it examines its options and determines whether to appeal the decision, Chertoff said.
"I don't think there's anything in the judge's ruling that is insurmountable," Chertoff told The Associated Press...
Breyer said the new work-site rule would likely impose hardships on businesses and their workers.
LOL! What? LOL!!
Hey Judge old buddy, these IRS tax requirements are imposing hardships on my business.
Kindly direct the IRS to stop bothering me about taxes, okay? LOL!
Well, duh!
["About 8 million employees would be affected, according to court documents."]
Add a spouse and two children for each, and we have 32 million illegals here. Soon the entire South West will be fully Democrat, fulfilling Ted Kennedy's masters' plan which was launched in the early 1960's to compensate for the expected loss of the "Solid (Democrat) South". The plan has come together.
["The decision Wednesday was disappointing, said Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff, but wasn't more than a "bump in the road" in the agency's drive to vigorously enforce laws aimed at keeping illegal immigrants out of the work force."]
<./ shaking head at the thought of this incompetent buffoon>
["But plaintiffs, which include the AFL-CIO, the American Civil Liberties Union and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce...']
How's THAT for an unholy alliance? The only people not represented there are WE THE PEOPLE.
The JUDGES of this country are the ones who have let the illegals in our schools, in our pockets, and in our cities, and in our hospitals.
It is the JUDGES who have brought the plague of diseases upon us, wave of death of innocents, and the plundering of our country.
It will be the JUDGES who need to feel the consequences of their evil. They will deserve it.
This sort of nonsense is just the tip of the iceberg if Hillary wins. With a Democratic Congress, she’ll be able to stack the judicial branch with committed leftists at all levels, including the Supreme Court. There is no law to a leftist judge, it is whatever they say it is.
So do I. Read the following excerpts from an editorial posted last August and then read Chertoff's comments I added about this new ruling.
Immigration Match-Up
August 15, 2007
At a press conference announcing the new regulations, he said, "There will be some unhappy consequences for the economy out of doing this. . . . We don't get a vote in Congress. We can't make Congress pass it. But we can be very sure that we let Congress understand the consequences of the choices that Congress makes."
Chertoff didn't say what the "it" is that he can't make Congress pass, but clearly he was referring to "comprehensive" immigration reform.
But Chertoff's words -- in effect, "You wanted it, and now you're going to get it good and hard" -- invite us to ask whether the administration is truly committed to enforcing immigration law, or is simply hoping that a backlash against enforcement will create an opening for "comprehensive" reform.
My insertion follows:Even if this isn't what Chertoff meant, his department faces a bureaucratic hurdle to enforcing the new [no-match] regulations. That is because the SSA refuses the give the Department of Homeland Security or any other law-enforcement agency its list of employers who receive "no match" letters, claiming that the tax code forbids it to do so.Judge Halts Immigrant Crackdown
Oct 11, 2007DHS Secretary Michael Chertoff expressed disappointment at the decision and said the administration will continue to aggressively enforce immigration laws while considering an appeal that plaintiff's lawyers said could take at least nine months.
"Today's ruling is yet another reminder of why we need Congress to enact comprehensive immigration reform," Chertoff said. "The American people have been loud and clear about their desire to see our nation's immigration laws enforced."
Without access to that list, the DHS will be forced to use its limited manpower to start from scratch. Such an arrangement, apart from its tremendous inefficiency, makes any choice about where to begin look arbitrary. There is a risk that the DHS will end up avoiding these problems by "forgetting" about the new regulations altogether.
At his press conference, Chertoff chided Congress for not enacting legislation (buried in the now-defunct amnesty bill) "to give us clear authority to have information sharing with the Social Security Administration."
He then changed tack and suggested that the administration could authorize DHS to access this information without new legislation: "I don't necessarily agree that by law Social Security can't give us some information about where to target based on the number of no-match letters. That's a legal issue we are currently addressing."
If the administration concludes that SSA is correct, it should send legislation to Congress that would fix this problem -- and should keep that legislation separate from amnesty and guest-worker programs.
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