Illinois Businesses Could See Cost Increase If Immigation Laws Enforced CHICAGO, IL (wqub) - A federal judge could soon make a ruling that might rock several of our region's industries.
Chicago Public Radio's Shawn Allee reports.

The controversy involves no-match letters.
These are federal notices that tell employers when an employee's social security number could be fraudulent.
The employer can contest the determination. If not, they employer must fire the employee or face fines.
A federal judge will decide whether the government can issue a hundred and forty thousand no-match letters.
That proposition scares Chicago-area industries, including construction.
Chicagoan Saud Kazi owns a roofing company.
He says right or wrong, industry and consumers rely on immigrants.

KAZI: We are passing the savings directly to consumers. Now, we won't be able to do that because it would be hard to find labor to do construction type of work.

Kazi predicts construction costs could rise 25 percent in Chicago .
The Bush administration, though, claims the no match policy fairly enforces current immigration law.
I'm Shawn Allee, Chicago Public Radio.
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