Stay of illegal-immigrant hiring rule is extended

A judge keeps authorities from using mismatched Social Security data to go after employers who hired undocumented workers.

A federal judge in San Francisco on Monday extended a temporary restraining order preventing immigration authorities from using mismatched Social Security data to go after employers who may have hired undocumented workers.

U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer said the planned federal crackdown would cause "serious irreparable harm" to immigration and labor groups that filed a lawsuit against the federal government. LATimes.com, October 2, 2007