[AppleButter]

Employers currently are under no obligation to respond to these “no-match” letters from the Social Security Administration; there are no criminal or administrative penalties. But if the new regulations are enacted, companies would be liable for having “constructive knowledge” of hiring undocumented immigrants – if they were to be audited.

It was my understanding that in the past, the problem was not that employers didn't reply to the letters. It was that Congress wouldn't allow SSA to send the letters out in the first place. (Maybe I'm wrong - that's how I heard it.)

[sheana]

The new rules, proposed by the bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the Department of Homeland Security,

I'm shocked!