Posted on 03/11/2010 6:13:06 AM PST by Irisshlass
A national ID card using biometric data such as fingerprints is at the center of an immigration reform bill being hammered out in the U.S. Senate – a measure that once again probably will pit advocates of homeland security and tough immigration enforcement against civil libertarians, employers and immigrant rights groups.
The new effort by Sens. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and Lindsey Graham, R- S.C., will revive the “Real ID” debate that has festered for years with little effect on illegal immigration. Under their plan, a universally required card would be encoded with all sorts of information regarding the holder, as well as contain a unique biometric signature created from either fingerprints or the vein patterns on the tops of the hands.
Bottom line: Employers will not be able to hire applicants who do not present a valid ID.
Schumer and Graham are slated to meet soon with President Barack Obama to brief him on their work. An administration official said the White House has no position on the biometric card, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal.
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I HAVE a national ID card already....it’s called a Social Security Card.
If Chuck the Schmuck and Lindsey Graham want a national ID card it is certainly not to curb Illegal Immigrants.
look for a deeper reason.
These two sweethearts are not against illegal immigrants.
Every illegal has them too. ;-)
Exactly...it is about controlling us.
IOW, “the Real ID Act didn’t go far enough with invading U.S. citizens privacy and states are stonewalling. Let’s step on the gas and federally mandate putting the burden on the citizenry to prove who they are and keep an eye on them instead of the tracking down illegal lawbreakers and sending them back where they belong.”
Ugh! Kick'n me when I am down. Duuuude! :-)
Yep, the one that was guaranteed never to be an I.D.
Now you can't do a thing without it.
Not me. Just pointing out social security cards are easy to fake. No kicking intended. :-)
Just like gun control laws, all it does is data base legitimate citizens and never addresses the problem of illegal aliens.
Put machine gun towers along the borders, fire ever TSA employee and hire only amputeed and medically discharged (for war wounds) vets.
48 hours max ... America will be clean, healthy and moving an economy along that will make our heads swim.
FIRE CONGRESS ... EVERY STINKIN' ONE OF 'EM !!!!
GOOOH !
Get Out Of Our House !!
If the government is going to insist on a national ID card, it must also be required to vote!
Me too. But you're missing the point. The Democrats can't get their illegal aliens Social Security Cards. So they want to get them "National ID Cards"... Guess what, in 2012 that'll be all you need to vote. It is probably the only way the Democrats can avoid a 180 degree turn around by 2012. I believe after that election the GOP will have the White House and comfortable majorities in both the House and the Senate.
This November's election will tell the tale. When (as I believe), the Democrats get spanked they'll see the writing on the wall for '12 and the push for the "National ID Card" and/or amnesty will begin in earnest.
Mark of the Beast, step one.
Except that they won’t ever get around to the ID system.
Look at DHS’s record in carrying out previous congressional technology mandates of this sort: the "virtual" fence, the "no fly" list, the scanning of incoming freight, the system that allows Border Patrol stations to communicate with each other, access FBI databases and identify criminals, I could go on, but you get my drift. None of it is ever done effectively. They spend billions and it doesn’t work.
Those who, quite reasonably, fear this ID plan can take comfort in how extremely unlikely it is to ever be established as advertised. It is just one more lie they are willing to tell in order to get their amnesty plan passed.
Then it will be a DANGER to your freedom, safety and well being.
It was sarcasm
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