[andy58-in-nh]

The purpose of the ID card is to link centralized information databases about Americans with an ability to track private activities in which the government claims an interest. It will not stop illegal immigration, nor prevent people from hiring illegal aliens. It will however allow the Federal government to justify a costly new bureaucracy dedicated to tracking employment via the new system, imposing fines and even control over American employers.

But here's what they are really after: the program would provide political cover for amnesty by allowing its supporters to claim that the card provides a safe and secure "path to citizenship" for illegals by giving the Federal government power to track and tax them. And suddenly, we'd absorb 10-15 million new "citizens" many of whom don't speak English, most of whom would instantly become Federal beneficiaries, and virtually all of whom would vote Democrat.

[La Lydia]

Exactly.