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Article: SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION CRACKS DOWN ON MISMATCHES THE EFFORT TO IDENTIFY NAMES AND NUMBERS THAT DON'T MATCH HAS COST WORKERS THEIR JOBS.(FRONT)
- Article from:
- The Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI)
- Article date:
- June 3, 2002
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Byline: Knight Ridder Newspapers
SAN JOSE, CALIF. -- The Social Security Administration is cracking down on mismatches between names and Social Security numbers in a nationwide campaign that has workers resigning or losing their jobs.
While some of the mismatches are just typos or mistakes, others reveal illegal immigrant status.
Unions are scrambling to intervene in the torrent of 750,000 "no-match" letters the federal agency has mailed out nationwide since January -- seven times the number sent out last year.
One immigration law specialist says that since February she's heard of at least 30 companies in California's Bay Area that have ...