At a hearing on October 1, a Federal Court Judge in California extended a Temporary Restraining Order against the Department of Homeland Security and the Social Security Administration from implementing new rules on Social Security No-Match Letters. The judge said he needed 10 more days to prepare a decision in the case. In the meantime, the government cannot mail the 140,000 already-prepared letters warning employers that they could face fines if they continued to employ workers whose Social Security number and names do not match government records.
