Posted on 07/29/2009 9:59:10 AM PDT by TaraP
MEXICO CITY – President Felipe Calderon says Mexico will start issuing nationwide identity cards for its citizens starting this year, and by 2012 everyone will have one.
The cards will carry the bearer's photograph. It will also include information on fingerprints and biometric data, including facial and iris scans, on a magnetic strip.
Most Mexicans currently use their voter ID cards for identification. They contain a photo, signature and one fingerprint. They will continue to be issued.
Interior Secretary Fernando Gomez Mont said Tuesday the new cards will help in the fight against organized crime, and ensure transparency in government aid programs.
Drug traffickers frequently use false identification documents to evade law enforcement.
Sorry forgot to post the Link:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090729/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/lt_mexico_id_card
BWAHAHA! Sure it will. They'll get those iris scanners out to every little village in places like Chiapas.
Epic Fail.
They can do that stuff.
I was amazed when, a few years ago (maybe 10?) ALL pay phones in Mexico were converted to only use smart cards to stop people from breaking into them.
It takes some momentum to get Mexico moving but when they move, they MOVE.
>>BWAHAHA! Sure it will. They’ll get those iris scanners out to every little village in places like Chiapas. <<
You would be amazed at what they do when they set their mind to it...
I doubt that this is being done to keep drug dealers from using fake ID....the drug dealers own the Mexican government
Sounds like another pro-illegal alien scheme....just watch....you will see states, the Fed Govt, America-hating pro-illegal alien groups.....push to have this Mexican ID used as “official” in the US
Ping!
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So why can’t they carry IDs here when they vote?
“Voter IDs would hurt turnout”
Dallas Morning News ^ | July 25, 2009 | Mercedes Olivera (DMN columnist)
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