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“No Match” letters used to contain a paragraph warning employers that no negative inferences could be drawn about a person’s immigration status from the mere fact that the name and number do not match. Recent regulations, however, require employers to take action to verify the employee’s immigration status on pain of losing the “safe harbor” that I-9 completion provides.

Reports of earnings to the Social Security Administration by employers may not always concord with information contained in SSA records. When an employee’s name does not match the Social Security Number on file, SSA may send the employer a “No Match” letter.

State Bills Targeting Immigrant Workers - 3/22/06

Recent state and local policy makers have seen a large number of legislative proposals ostensibly aimed at punishing employers who hire undocumented workers. These have ranged from state-level employer sanctions bills, legislation requiring employers of immigrants to register and pay fees, taxes for employers of "aliens," proposals to deny workers' compensation to certain immigrants, and proposals requiring state agencies to act as arms of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

Holding the Wage Floor - October 2006

Enforcement of Wage and Hour Standards for Low-Wage Workers in an Era of Government Inaction and Employer Unaccountability.1

State Employer Sanctions Proposals - March 2005

The 2005 state legislative session has seen a flurry of state-level bills that would impose different types of sanctions on employers who hire undocumented workers. It is likely that many, if not all of these bills are pre-empted by federal law. In many cases, they represent a mistaken understanding of immigration law. In all cases, they are bad policy. A better policy would be to increase state-level enforcement of labor laws for all workers, immigrant and non-immigrant alike. Such an approach furthers the goal of decreasing incentives for employers to seek out and hire undocumented workers.

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