Posted on 03/10/2010 6:30:02 PM PST by Free ThinkerNY
WASHINGTON, D.C. - There's more talk on Capitol Hill about requiring all U.S. citizens to carry a worker ID card before getting a job. It's part of a major overhaul of immigration policy, and the plan could go before President Obama as soon as this week.
All U.S. citizens would be required to carry an ID cards according to this plan. It's meant to keep companies from hiring illegal immigrants. No matter where you apply for a job, under the plan, you would have to have a card carrying bio-metric information on a microchip. It's like your fingerpints, or a scan of the veins in your hands.
The ID cards would basically prove you are who you say you are, and that you are a legal citizen of the United States. The program is being pushed in the U.S. Senate by Democrat Chuck Schumer (D- New York), and Republican Lindsay Graham (R- South Carolina).
Unlike the optional E-verify system that some companies use, this would be mandatory for all companies to use.
It's drawing some criticism from privacy advocates, who say this moving toward a national ID card, giving the government too much power to track you. Sen. Graham says it's simply a way to keep companies and employees honest.
"What I want to make sure is when an employer is presented with a social security card, you can easily verify that it is real and genuine and the person presenting the card is who they say they are. If we will do that one thing, it will make it very hard to hire illegals," said Sen. Graham.
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keep dreamin Jack - this is a State issue. I WILL NOT COMPLY...PERIOD !!!
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Evil
Bastards
They already make us get our TWIC card so we can work offshore.
Funny thing is... The say you have to be a legal citizen to work offshore. But when we hire 3rd party welders, they work for a company called MADD welders. 99% of them can not speak English.
Another government scam.
What the hell is it with this “worker” word lately? They are EMPLOYEES. NOT WORKERS!!!
There won't be any private businesses left in America soon.
Just to move the thread along, wouldn't that be kinda like the mark of the beast? It sure wouldn't stop illegal immigration, that's for sure.
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Don’t ya know - WE are THEIR little workerbees!
I’m an Associate, not a Worker!
Reckon we can get the President wannabees to show their card before applying for the job?
What is the difference between this ID and a voter ID? Why would the Democrats want a worker ID, but not a voter ID?
Just tell me where to pay the ticket. It will be a cold day in Hell! before I ever carry one of those. Be very afraid of RIF technology!
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I thought that was what the social security card morphed into. How about a voter ID card so only US Citizens can vote?
May have to reconsider the method in which we cast out votes...
they should try enforcing immigration laws that already exist first
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