Sellers of fake immigration documents aren't worried about call for tamperproof IDs

Associated Press ^ | June 2nd, 2006 | PETER PRENGAMAN

[kinoxi]

DMV workers here in Maryland were caught selling the real deal last year.

[newzjunkey]

"This is the government's fault," said Maria Zuniga, 55, an illegal immigrant from Honduras

Amazing powers of rationalization.

[ncountylee]

"This is the government's fault," said Maria Zuniga, 55, an illegal immigrant from Honduras who sells and transports documents. "They won't even give us a number to work or a driver's license."

Tired of demands and accusations from you filthy criminals, dear. Time to go back to your rat hole country.

[ncountylee]

Drove through MacArthur Park about a year ago and thought I was in TJ. Nothing but Latinos.

[LeoWindhorse]

and people wonder how all the 10's of thousands of illegal
Hispanic border jumpers are able to board planes and come over to invade and settle in Hawaii ? This is how...
If they cannot speak English , apply maximum scrutiny to the ID they are trying to present . It is probably a Federal felony to present false ID to board a plane in the US . Yet they are doing every day . By the 100's! It's got to stop.

[LostInTheWoods]

"They won't even give us a number to work or a driver's license."

My girlfriend is from Norway, going to school at Florida Gulf Coast University on a student visa. She's not allowed to work. And let me tell you, it's not easy to support two people in SW Florida on $40K a year. We're standing in line waiting for a green card just like everyone else. Every time I hear an illegal complain about not getting to work it makes my blood boil.

They think they have it hard??? What about us native Americans? I came to Florida when I left the Navy. I had no job, a beat up car, no cash, and 3 months of pre-paid rent in a single bedroom apartment I shared with two other guys. If I failed I was finished. But here I am two years later with a job, a new car, and going to school full time as well as working 40hrs a week. That’s the American spirit: strength through adversity. If they spent half the effort reforming their country as they do in crossing our borders and flouting our laws, they’d find there would be no more reason to leave!

[RBMN]

There are other biometric measures, like DNA and fingerprints, but what makes the iris scan attractive is that it can't be commingled with the existing law enforcement databases. Criminals leave their DNA and fingerprints behind at crime scenes, but iris images are never unintentionally left behind by anybody.

INFO:

Collage of iris images:
http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/users/jgd1000/iriscollage.jpg

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From:
How Iris RecognitionWorks, by John Daugman, PhD, OBE
University of Cambridge, The Computer Laboratory, Cambridge
http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/users/jgd1000/irisrecog.pdf

excerpt:

The iris begins to form in the third month of gestation (Kronfeld 1962) and the structures creating its pattern are largely complete by the eighth month, although pigment accretion can continue into the first postnatal years. Its complex pattern can contain many distinctive features such as arching ligaments, furrows, ridges, crypts, rings, corona, freckles, and a zigzag collarette, some of which may be seen in Figure 1. Iris colour is determined mainly by the density of melanin pigment (Chedekel 1994) in its anterior layer and stroma, with blue irises resulting from an absence of pigment: long wavelength light penetrates and is absorbed by the pigment epithelium, while shorter wavelengths are reflected and scattered by the stroma. The striated trabecular meshwork of elastic pectinate ligament creates the predominant texture under visible light, whereas in the near infrared (NIR) wavelengths used for unobtrusive imaging at distances of up to 1 meter, deeper and somewhat more slowly modulated stromal features dominate the iris pattern. In NIR wavelengths, even darkly pigmented irises reveal rich and complex features.

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From:
Biometric Technologies - Iris Recognition
http://www.thepointgroup.org/biometriciris.shtml

excerpts:

    How Does Iris Recognition Work?

Iris recognition is based on the most mathematically unique biometric - the iris of the 
eye. The human iris is absolutely unique, even between twins or an individual's right and 
left eyes. The iris itself is stable throughout a person's life (approximately from the 
age of one). The physical characteristics of the iris do not change with age. None of the 
other biometric solutions, including fingerprint, facial recognition, retina scan, and 
voice recognition provide the level of accuracy, speed, or cost-effectiveness found with 
iris recognition technology.

    Iris recognition biometric technology positively determines the identity of an 
individual by capturing a high resolution digital photograph of the individual's iris. 
The unique features contained in the iris are compared against a database and the 
identity of the individual determined.

    The technology is non-intrusive - the individual does not need to touch anything to 
use the system. Automatic voice prompting, auto focus, plus enrollment and recognition 
speed make the system easy to use. An individual is detected automatically upon 
approaching the imager (a digital camera). A glance at the aperture mirror from 3-10" 
distance allows the camera to capture an iris image, which is digitally processed into a 
512 byte IrisCode® record. No PINs, passwords, or cards are required.

    Iris recognition technology is strictly "opt in." Subjects agree to enroll and 
participate, reducing privacy concerns. The user must consciously elect to participate in 
iris recognition for authentication by presenting their eye to the camera. They also must 
be within a designated capture zone, which is approximately 3-10 inches away from the 
camera. The technology cannot work without the explicit cooperation of the end-user. All 
a person needs to do is look into a camera for a few seconds. A video image is taken of 
their iris which is non-invasive and inherently safe. Unlike Retina Scan, there are no 
lasers, strong lights or any kind of harmful beams.

    Iris recognition was proven to have the highest biometric accuracy, with no false 
matches in over two million cross-comparisons, according to Biometric Product Testing 
Final Report (19 March 2001, Center for Mathematics and Scientific Computing, National 
Physics Laboratory, U.K.)

    [...]

    Iris Recognition Technology Overview

    * Positive Identification
    * Most Accurate Biometric
    * Ease of Use
    * Rapid Throughput
    * Completely Non-Invasive
    * Highly Scalable

    Ease of Use

    * No PINs, passwords or cards needed for identification
    * Database is designed for easy maintenance
    * Hands-free
    * Requires minimal cooperation

    Most Accurate

    * Statistical probability of iris achieving a false accept is 1 in 1.2 million
    * Examines more than 240 of the 400 measurable variables (degrees of freedom) in the human eye
    * Uniqueness = Accuracy
    - The probability of two individuals having the same iris pattern is 1 in 10 to the 72nd
    - Twins have same DNA but different iris patterns
    - Right and left eye are totally different
    - Stable for life after age 1

[Beagle8U]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1642397/posts

3rd time in 2 days this article has been posted.

[LostInTheWoods]

Sorry, I did a title search and got nothing. My fault.

[Beagle8U]

I'm not bichin, just pointing it out.

Easy way to check to see if something has been posted.

copy and paste the article title into the FR search bar, and search by that to see if it comes up.

[LostInTheWoods]

Thanks for the tip! 8¬)

[TXnMA]

Snipers...

[Tzimisce]

I wouldn't be worried either: most laws Congress passes aren't taken seriously...even by members of Congress...

[dennisw]

My sentiments exactly. Are these people retarded?

[dennisw]

Digitized thumb prints should do the trick. It's child's play transmit the info that makes up a thumb print.

[Vision Thing]

Many employers, eager for cheap labor, have a "don't ask, don't tell" attitude toward their employees' immigration status and do not check their papers.

Cheaters hiring cheaters.

These illegal employers envy the corrupt mexican upper class and its cheap low skilled workers. These illegal employers say to themselves, "Gotta get me some of that!"

Don't get me wrong, I am all for business, Capitalism, free trade, and making a profit. But play by the damn rules already.

[upchuck]

Same article, different headline.

And another one.

[BradyLS]

DMV workers here in Maryland were caught selling the real deal last year.

Inside jobbers should get hammered.

[hosepipe]

And some think the illegals and legals WILL VOTE SOON.. Probably closer to the truth is they HAVE BEEN VOTING.. and will continue to even more.. Any that thinks democrat operatives are not on this like white on a flour tortilla are fooling themselves..