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Groups Challenge Rules on Firing Undocumented Immigrants

HeadlineAug 30, 2007

In immigration news, the AFL-CIO has teamed with the American Civil Liberties Union and other groups to challenge new government rules that would force employers to fire undocumented workers. The new requirements give employers 90 days to fire employees whose Social Security numbers don’t match. The groups says that would threaten American citizens and documented immigrants because of inaccuracies in Social Security Administration records.

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