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I like the concept. But the impact on law-abiding citizens needs to be carefully researched.

This proposed law would require everyone to prove identity in order to move money. And that proof would become part of the transaction. Once again, the government would be intruding on legitimate personal business without cause.

The concept of cutting off illegal aliens' paths of money flow is good. But we'd better look closely at the flip side of this coin.

I like the concept. But the impact on law-abiding citizens needs to be carefully researched.

1) No one in American is required to carry proof of citizenship or legal residency.

2) SSNs can be made up on the spot, and money transmitters have no way to validate them.

3) Taxing money transfers would create black market opporunities for ethnic criminal organizations.

So it sounds good on the surface, but like all things immigration won't work without a national ID, which most oppose and is impractical in its own right.

Try wiring money now to a ***foreign*** country. You will be asked for ID and if you don't provide it you will not be allowed to wire.

Look up Thomas foreign exchange and wire service in your yellow pages, go to one of their kiosks and ask them what is required to wire funds to a foreign country. You can telephone and ask just as easily.

Those that say someone will always find a way around these types of measures are correct to a point but the risk-reward ratio increases and makes it more difficult to function. That is the goal, to make life difficult for those that enter illegally.

Those that say others will act as surrogates to wire money are also correct but think about it. The fee taken to wire money illegally will be irritating to the illegal person. And if the person wiring on behalf of an illegal is informed for example by posted placards of criminal penalties associated with such money wires, the risk-reward ratio will increase further.

These kinds of measures are easy to implement by law because businesses can easily be checked or tested to see if they are complying. As stated before, many business such as Thomas FX do this already.