DHS Rescinds "No-Match" Letter Rules

October 12, 2009
Employers Council

A Department of Homeland Security (DHS) final rule (http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2009/pdf/E9-24200.pdf) rescinds, effective November 6, 2009, rules outlining the process for employers to follow, after receiving a "nomatch" letter, in order to qualify for "safe-harbor" status. DHS intends to focus enforcement efforts on improving verification of employee authorization to work in the U.S. via programs such as E-Verify and IMAGE. Stay tuned, however, because the Senate in July had already moved by unanimous consent to approve an amendment to the fiscal year 2010 homeland security appropriations bill
(H.R. 2892) that would prohibit the use of funds to implement changes to DHS's "no-match" rules!