I don't give a rats' a$$ if I have to provide four pieces of ID when I renew my license. I already have to show my old license, and provide my SS#.
Now I'll have to "prove" that I'm a citizen, by also providing my birth certificate and one (or two) other documents. Fine.
What I object to is this information being copied and scanned, and retained for 7-10 ten years.
I object to my private information be "shared" among the 50 states.
And as I've about fifteen times already, this bill doesn't do one damn thing about the illegals who try to get a license.
This legislation is literally nothing more than a way to turn a drivers licenses into a national ID.
You may blindly trust the government, but I do not.
Perhaps you've seen the recent news reports of DMV employees in Marlyland, Michigan and Florida selling drivers licenses to illegals? (Florida DMV Workers Allegedly Helped Illegals Get Licenses)
Now people like this will have photo-copies and/or scans of all private information supplied, right at their fingertips.
This legislation is an ID thieves' wet dream.
You certainly have a point.
Panama's population is less than 3,000,000 compared to the U.S. That is to say, it is easier to catch criminals here than in a more populated country of nearly 300,000,000. (The 300,000,000 does not include illegals. Thank you George Bush.)
I object to my private information be "shared" among the 50 states.
And again I'm not necessarily in favor of all these privacy infringements either, my only point was most of this is already going in many states and now the federal government is making them all do it as a way of supposedly keeping illegals and visa overstayers from having licenses.
You may blindly trust the government, but I do not.
No I do not blindly trust the government. While I don't currently see this as a national id in the way you might should any attempt ever be made to force one on us I'll be opposed to that idea as much as anyone.
And as I've about fifteen times already, this bill doesn't do one damn thing about the illegals who try to get a license.
You're right, they can still get a certificate to drive but that is a dead giveaway the holder is an illegal alien. If one is stupid enough to sign up for that it's their problem.