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I don’t know what specifically Whitman et al were supposed to do but I would point out this.

As I understand it, Whitman asked an employment agency to find her a nanny who could legally work in the US. Someone was referred and filled out whatever documentation that Whitman wanted and presented (presumably) adequate documentation of the ability to legally work in the US. The hired person apparently performed the duties satisfactorily which included driving the Whitman children to school (Whitman required a driver’s license).

NOW, the SSA sends a letter that there’s a problem and Whitman (actually her husband it seems) looks at it, probably thinks that this is some typical screwup by the government and, because the employment agency was supposed to send a legal worker and the documentation she had presented seemed adequate, scrawls on the letter, “please handle”, then forgets about it. After all, the nanny is supposed to be legal, right? Give her the benefit of the doubt.

Certainly seems (to me) like a reasonable course of action of a busy man, who has more important things to do than harrass a presumably legal, effective and trustworthy employee.