On Wednesday, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) released the final version of its long-pending "no match" employment regulation relating to the hiring or continued employment of unauthorized aliens.  Essentially, the rule provides DHS with increased authority to penalize employers if their workers' names and social security numbers do not match with government records of persons authorized to work in the United States.  The rule expands the legal definitions of having "knowledge" that an employee is unauthorized to work, and thus greatly increases employers' potential liability if workers are found to be unauthorized aliens.  "With an industry that depends so heavily upon an immigrant workforce, this regulation will have a devastating effect on agriculture and labor-intensive packing and processing operations," said Autumn Veazey, United Fresh director of legislative affairs and associate counsel.  "Honest business employers trying to ensure a legal workforce are being buffeted by today's poisoned political climate on immigration, but we will continue to push for both legislative and regulatory reform in an effort to turn the tide and begin easing these unfair burdens that government continues to place on our nation's businesses," she said.  The regulation is due to go into effect September 14, 2007.  For more information on the "no match" rule, including a link to the regulation published in the Federal Register, please access United Fresh's Immigration Action Center at:  http://www.unitedfresh.org/newsviews/immigration_resource_center or contact Autumn Veazey,(202) 303-3427.