AFL-CIO, ACLU, NILC sue DHS over no-match letters; EWIC
Posted Thu, Aug 30, 2007 at 10:48 am
From this:
...a lawsuit filed against the Department of Homeland Security this week contends that the new rules are discriminatory and will lead to mass firings of legal workers. Even United States citizens will face discrimination if they look or sound foreign, according to the suit.And, from this:
Filed in a San Francisco federal court this week, the 17-page complaint [link] also names the Social Security Administration as a defendant because it says letters informing businesses of discrepancies between employee records and the agency's database would violate worker’s rights and impose burdensome obligations on employers.
But leaders of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and a coalition of trade groups representing the politically influential construction, lodging, farming, meatpacking, restaurant, retail and service industries appealed on Monday to the Department of Homeland Security and the Social Security Administration to postpone the plan's implementation for six months.DHS spokeshole Russ Knocke says they'll fight the lawsuit "vigorously", something I tend to doubt since Chertoff and Bush are on the same side as EWIC, the ACLU, and the AFL-CIO in supporting illegal immigration.
Raising the possibility of plant closings, autumn-harvest interruptions and other destabilizing consequences for the U.S. economy, 50 business organization members of the Essential Worker Immigration Coalition signed a letter warning of "uncertainties, disruptions, and dislocations throughout broad swaths of the workforce," as well as discrimination against Hispanic and immigrant workers.
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Tanstaafl (not verified)
Thu, 08/30/2007 - 19:36
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HS 12113 admin@upolitix.com 2007-08-30T21:36:27-05:00
What a surprise! Let me guess, the ACLU (which most judges apparently believe has veto power over all laws) says Americans have no right to enforce US law. We're all supposed to watch invaders walk around and we can't say or do anything about it. I'm going to name my gulag "American Civil Liberty City".
llamajockey (not verified)
Fri, 08/31/2007 - 14:47
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HS 12114 cvlamantia@comcast.net 2007-08-31T16:47:53-05:00
Anybody actually know a rank and file US Citizen union member who supports Open Borders policies?? If only the MSM would question whether the actions of some Union leaders in support of Open Borders policies serve the interests of their membership. Is this a question of the political ideology of a few over responsible representative leadership?? Is it a instance of the tolerance and exploitation of Illegal Immigration corrupting yet another institution?