http://www.hispanictips.com Hispanic & Latino News Redefined - Empowering & Engaging Thu, 16 Feb 2012 15:56:06 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.hispanictips.com/2010/06/16/ottawa-county-michigan-settles-maldef-lawsuit-couple-may-marry-without-social-security-numbers/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2010/06/16/ottawa-county-michigan-settles-maldef-lawsuit-couple-may-marry-without-social-security-numbers/#comments Wed, 16 Jun 2010 15:36:43 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/?p=88241 HispanicTips :: Hispanic & Latino News & Information]]> http://www.hispanictips.com/2010/06/16/ottawa-county-michigan-settles-maldef-lawsuit-couple-may-marry-without-social-security-numbers/feed/ 0 http://www.hispanictips.com/2010/05/11/puerto-rico%e2%80%99s-birth-certificates-a-preview-of-social-security-numbers-a-national-id-card/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2010/05/11/puerto-rico%e2%80%99s-birth-certificates-a-preview-of-social-security-numbers-a-national-id-card/#comments Tue, 11 May 2010 07:12:19 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/?p=84996 HispanicTips :: Hispanic & Latino News & Information]]> http://www.hispanictips.com/2010/05/11/puerto-rico%e2%80%99s-birth-certificates-a-preview-of-social-security-numbers-a-national-id-card/feed/ 0 http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/11/12/the-largest-business-and-hispanic-civil-rights-groups-in-the-country-speak-out-against-the-bush-administration%e2%80%99s-latest-attempt-at-no-match-letters-which-hurt-american-workers/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/11/12/the-largest-business-and-hispanic-civil-rights-groups-in-the-country-speak-out-against-the-bush-administration%e2%80%99s-latest-attempt-at-no-match-letters-which-hurt-american-workers/#comments Wed, 12 Nov 2008 17:11:19 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/?p=45986 "The League of United Latin American Citizens and the United States Chamber of Commerce are joining forces after the Bush Administration announced to reissue the “no match” rule. This rule would use the already flawed Social Security Administration (SSA) database and force employers to fire workers if their names and social security numbers cannot be matched.

“Its adoption will lead to massive layoffs of both legal and undocumented workers whose records may not match,” said LULAC National President Rosa Rosales. “These heinous measures will lead to more discrimination cases, racial profiling and illegal firing of legitimate workers given that most no-match cases involve authorized employees and naturalized citizens.”

The measures will convert the Social Security Administration “No Match” letters into an immigration enforcement tool. This measure could put millions of jobs at risk. This constitutes at least over 1.4 million workers that will be affected.
Angelo Amador, the chamber's director of immigration policy, dismissed Chertoff's assertions that the groups that filed the lawsuit opposing this regulation merely want to protect illegal workers. “The bottom line is this case has never been about illegal workers, it has been about the cost of a badly thought out rule and the cost on legitimate businesses following all the rules and complying with it,” Amador said. “The department’s own analysis, which it was forced to do after the judge blocked the rule, shows that 35,000 to 167,000 legitimate workers would not be able to work because of the rule,” he concluded.

A study commissioned by the Department of Homeland Security estimates that 3.9 million workers will be the subject of a “no match” letter. An economic analysis commissioned by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and authored by Richard B. Belzer, who holds a Ph.D. in public policy from Harvard University , found that more than 165,000 lawful U.S. workers could lose their jobs because of their inability to resolve discrepancies with the SSA. The cost to employers will be at least $1 billion per year.

The Social Security Administration says up to 4 percent of the 250 million wage reports it receives each year belong to employees whose names and corresponding Social Security numbers do not match which is a cause of concern.

The U.S. Chamber is the world's largest business federation representing more than 3 million businesses and organizations of every size, sector, and region.

The League of United Latin American Citizen (www.lulac.org) advances the economic conditions, educational attainment, political influence, health, housing and civil rights of Hispanic Americans through community-based programs operating at more than 700 LULAC councils nationwide." HispanicTips is Essential Hispanic & Latino News & Information
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The department, following an edict from the governor to make sure illegal aliens are not paying in-state tuition to attend state colleges or universities, has checked the Social Security numbers of about 120,000 students enrolled for the spring semester.

Officials have been unable to verify about 1,500 so far and the schools are being notified, state Higher Education Director Jim Purcell said Friday." HispanicTips.com - A Blogante News Service For, From & About Hispanics & Latinos]]> http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/06/03/gov-beebe-students-with-flagged-social-security-numbers-probably-not-illegal-arkansas/feed/ 0 http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/05/20/illegal-immigration-bill-would-require-social-security-verification-for-all-jobs/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/05/20/illegal-immigration-bill-would-require-social-security-verification-for-all-jobs/#comments Tue, 20 May 2008 16:14:19 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/05/20/illegal-immigration-bill-would-require-social-security-verification-for-all-jobs/ "For critics, it’s an Orwellian nightmare: the government signing off on every single hiring decision made in the United States.

For backers, it’s the only logical way to discourage illegal immigrants, one using the nation’s only existing, all-encompassing — and currently flawed — database to block unlawful employment entering the country.

Under it, 55 million new hires each year in the U.S. would be scrutinized for fraudulent Social Security numbers. Rep. Dennis Moore, a Kansas Democrat and one of 32 co-sponsors of the New Employee Verification Act, on Monday noted: “Everyone agrees that illegal immigration is a major problem that the federal government must address. In addition to strengthening our border security, we need an employment verification system that works. We also need to crack down on employers that knowingly exploit these illegal immigrants.”" HispanicTips.com - A Blogante News Service For, From & About Hispanics & Latinos]]> http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/05/20/illegal-immigration-bill-would-require-social-security-verification-for-all-jobs/feed/ 0 http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/05/13/search-warrants-detail-reasons-for-postville-raid-iowa/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/05/13/search-warrants-detail-reasons-for-postville-raid-iowa/#comments Tue, 13 May 2008 12:54:32 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/05/13/search-warrants-detail-reasons-for-postville-raid-iowa/ "Here are snippets from the introduction to the search warrant served on the Agriprocessors Inc., meatpacking plant in Postville on Monday:

"Over at least the last two years, (U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement) has received information concerning immigration offenses at and by employees of Agriprocessors, including allegations of harboring illegal aliens... engaging in a pattern or practice of hiring and continuing to employ undocumented aliens... document fraud... misuse of Social Security numbers... and aggravated identity theft. This affidavit sets forth some, but not all, of the information ICE and other law enforcement officers possess concerning potential violations of the above-referenced statutes and potentially other criminal laws, but rather, is a summary of evidence in ICE's possession sufficient to establish probable cause to support this search warrant." HispanicTips.com - A Blogante News Service For, From & About Hispanics & Latinos]]> http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/05/13/search-warrants-detail-reasons-for-postville-raid-iowa/feed/ 0 http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/05/13/postville-immigration-raid-termed-largest-in-iowa-history-as-many-as-300-arrested/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/05/13/postville-immigration-raid-termed-largest-in-iowa-history-as-many-as-300-arrested/#comments Tue, 13 May 2008 12:53:34 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/05/13/postville-immigration-raid-termed-largest-in-iowa-history-as-many-as-300-arrested/ "Immigration officials raided the Agriprocessors Inc. meat processing plant in Postville today, arresting as many as 300 people.

Agents with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement entered the plant at about 10 a.m. looking for evidence of identity theft, use of stolen Social Security numbers and for people who are in the country illegally, said Tim Counts, an ICE spokesman.

The raid by agents from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement was the largest such operation in Iowa history, said Matt M. Dummermuth, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Iowa." HispanicTips.com - A Blogante News Service For, From & About Hispanics & Latinos]]> http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/05/13/postville-immigration-raid-termed-largest-in-iowa-history-as-many-as-300-arrested/feed/ 0 http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/05/13/immigration-raid-state-agency-gathered-student-data-last-month-postville-iowa/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/05/13/immigration-raid-state-agency-gathered-student-data-last-month-postville-iowa/#comments Tue, 13 May 2008 15:09:14 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/05/13/immigration-raid-state-agency-gathered-student-data-last-month-postville-iowa/ "School officials in early April were served with a 21-point subpoena from Iowa Division of Labor Services seeking the records of Postville middle and high school students and information about some school employees, the district's superintendent said.

The subpoena required school officials to provide:

- Names of all current students and students between 2005 and 2007, their ages, addresses, dates of birth, telephone numbers and Social Security numbers." HispanicTips.com - A Blogante News Service For, From & About Hispanics & Latinos]]> http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/05/13/immigration-raid-state-agency-gathered-student-data-last-month-postville-iowa/feed/ 0 http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/04/22/18-illegal-immigrants-who-were-arrested-at-poultry-plant-in-arkansas-to-be-deported/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/04/22/18-illegal-immigrants-who-were-arrested-at-poultry-plant-in-arkansas-to-be-deported/#comments Tue, 22 Apr 2008 17:42:30 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/04/22/18-illegal-immigrants-who-were-arrested-at-poultry-plant-in-arkansas-to-be-deported/ "Eighteen illegal immigrants arrested at a poultry plant in Batesville will be processed for deportation, but will not serve any jail time for using fake Social Security numbers and state identification cards, federal judges ruled. Magistrate Judge Beth Deere and Judge James Moody of Federal District Court accepted guilty pleas from 17 of those arrested last week at the Pilgrim’s Pride plant. " HispanicTips.com - A Blogante News Service For, From & About Hispanics & Latinos]]> http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/04/22/18-illegal-immigrants-who-were-arrested-at-poultry-plant-in-arkansas-to-be-deported/feed/ 0 http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/04/09/realty-tightens-standards-hispanic-customers/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/04/09/realty-tightens-standards-hispanic-customers/#comments Wed, 09 Apr 2008 20:03:47 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/04/09/realty-tightens-standards-hispanic-customers/ "Su Casa Realty, one of the biggest real estate agencies catering to Hispanic immigrants in Memphis, has largely stopped selling homes to people without Social Security numbers, often a sign that they are here illegally. " HispanicTips.com - A Blogante News Service For, From & About Hispanics & Latinos]]> http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/04/09/realty-tightens-standards-hispanic-customers/feed/ 0