A federal judge in San Francisco has extended an order temporarily prohibiting the Social Security Administration from sending so-called "no match" letters to employers whose workers' names do not match a federal database. The Department of Homeland Security rule is one of the government's most recent attempts to enforce immigration law by relying on questionable data and threatening the rights of U.S. citizen and non-citizen workers.

A federal judge on Friday ordered the government to temporarily halt the implementation of new regulations that many immigrant and worker rights activists feared would result in the unnecessary firing of immigrant workers.

On Labor Day, a common refrain for most Americans is talk of the last "official" weekend of summer, rather than an occasion to recognize and celebrate the contributions of workers.  This year, it's particularly poignant to consider the plight of workers who make significant contributions to our economy, yet are threatened by workplace raids, arbitrary neighborhood sweeps -- and the absence of a U.S. immigration policy that recognizes the importance of immigrant workers to our economy.