Back to the Drawing Board on Social Security “No Match” Enforcement

The Washington Post reports that the Bush administration has asked a federal judge to delay hearing a lawsuit in San Francisco until a new strategy is completed. In papers filed in San Francisco late Friday afternoon, Acting Assistant Attorney General Jeffrey S. Bucholtz told U.S. District Judge Charles R. Breyer that the Homeland Security Department is making changes to its controversial plan to pressure employers to fire workers with suspect Social Security numbers. The Justice Department asked the judge to delay the case until March 24, or until a new program is ready.

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