If you provide your social security number, your picture will be in the file that pops up on the dashboard computer.
An illegal alien with a fake ID can not insert his picture into the state database very easily.
That said, if law enforcement in your local is crooked, they already can invent a pretext to arrest you without this.
“If you provide your social security number, your picture will be in the file that pops up on the dashboard computer.”
Thanks. I actually find that reassuring, as there’s plenty of times when I don’t necessarily have my wallet on me (e.g., if jogging) but wouldn’t want to be subject to being busted for failure to show a government-approved ID card. This implies law-abiding Hispanics, for example, aren’t being subjected to a requirement from which everyone else is exempt.
Clearly this new authority could be abused by cops, but the same could be said of police powers in any jurisdiction and courts can decide when cops have crossed the line in terms of exercising discretion. It’s surely annoying to have to provide info or a card to police, but the benefits of having secure borders surely are worth some price. It’s not clear this is much different than what we all endure at the hands of TSA to ensure airline safety.