GOP Immigration Bill Includes National ID Language

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: Gene Spafford <spaf () cerias purdue edu>
Date: December 9, 2005 9:18:17 AM EST
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Subject: Fwd: [IP] GOP Immigration Bill Includes National ID Language
Reply-To: Gene Spafford <spaf () cerias purdue edu>

Note especially James Plummer's quote at the end

> From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
> From: Richard Forno <rforno () infowarrior org>
> Date: December 9, 2005 7:58:01 AM EST
>
> GOP Immigration Bill Includes National ID Language
>
> by Robert B. Bluey
> Posted Dec 8, 2005
>
> http://www.humaneventsonline.com/article.php?print=yes&id=10753
>
> An immigration reform bill moving quickly through the U.S. House of
> Representatives contains language requiring the Social Security
> Administration, Treasury Department and Department of Justice to  
> study the
> concept of a machine-readable Social Security card with a photo ID.
>
> The House Judiciary Committee approved the legislation (H.R. 4437),
> sponsored by Rep. James Sensenbrenner (R.-Wis.), on a party-line  
> 23-15 vote
> Thursday. Next week the House is set to vote on the bill, which  
> calls for
> mandatory verification of employees’ legal status and increases  
> enforcement
> along the Mexican border.
>
> But language about the machine-readable Social Security cards has  
> alarmed
> civil libertarians who fear it could lead to a national ID card for  
> all
> Americans.
>
> [...]
>
> “Even setting aside concerns of intentional ‘blacklisting’ of innocent
> Americans, even a small error rate could mean millions of Americans  
> forced
> out of work by computer mistakes,” said Liberty Coalition Policy  
> Director
> James Plummer. “Homeland Security has a poor record of putting  
> innocent
> Americans on secretive “no-fly” lists, and should not be entrusted  
> with
> determining who is allowed is to make a living in this country.”
> Copyright © 2005 HUMAN EVENTS. All Rights Reserved.


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