A federal judge extended for 10 days an order preventing the implementation of the new Dept. of Homeland Security no-match rule and the mailing of no-match letters by the Social Security Administration. SSA planned to send 140,000 notifications to employers, covering approximately 8 million workers. DHS intended to include with the letters an explanation of the new rule exposing employers to liability if they did not insure social security no-matches were resolved or employees' work eligibility was reverified within 90 days.

The extended restraining order bars the implementation while a lawsuit again DHS by the AFL-CIO, ACLU, and the National Immigration Law Center was heard. Read the ACLU's web site for news on the order and further updates.