By Nathan Burchfiel
(CNSNews.com) – Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) said Thursday he supports a decision by a district court judge that halts new Department of Homeland Security rules designed to make businesses accountable for employing illegal immigrants — but the senator seemed confused over the court decision itself.
The new rules set guidelines for companies to follow when some of their workers’ Social Security numbers do not match federal records. The point is to correct any number discrepancies and, in some cases, uncover illegal workers.
In a conference call with reporters Thursday, Reid described U.S. District Court Judge Charles Breyer’s decision as having not granted an injunction to prevent enforcement of the new rule, and as a decision to indefinitely postpone progress on challenges to it.
“I am a great believer in the court system. It’s not as if some judge made an off-hand opinion,” Reid said. “This is something that he had arguments made before him. It was briefed. A decision was made not to grant an injunction. He held hearings and he said look, come back later, indefinitely this has been indefinitely postponed.”But Breyer did grant a preliminary injunction against enforcement of the new rule.
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