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U.S. to renew push for crackdown on illegal workers

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Nicole Gaouette reports:

In a final drive to toughen immigration enforcement, the Bush administration will again try to institute a system that would force employers to fire workers who have discrepancies in their Social Security data. Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff said Thursday that he would ask a federal judge to lift an injunction imposed against the ‘no-match’ rule after foes including the American Civil Liberties Union and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce sued to stop it last year. The move could affect millions of workers -- citizens and immigrants alike -- and continues to draw fierce opposition from business as well as civil liberties and immigrant advocate groups.

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wants an injunction on the ‘no-match’ rule lifted. Credit: Joshua Roberts / Bloomberg News.

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