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Senators drafting a bipartisan immigration bill are considering the creation of a high-tech national identity card to be carried by all workers, whether or not they are U.S. citizens.
The biometric ID card would use fingerprints or other personal markers to establish a person’s legal eligibility to work, according to The Wall Street Journal.
In a statement, the bipartisan Senate group called only for workers to prove their legal status and identities through “non-forgeable electronic means.”
The lawmakers have not yet decided on the biometric card, although five of the eight senators writing the legislation have backed the idea in the past. At least three — Republicans Lindsey Graham of South Carolina and John McCain of Arizona, and Democrat Charles Schumer of New York — have said they support requiring the cards but are open to other options, says the Journal.
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Originally posted by Hopechest
The only people that should be afraid of a National ID card are the ones who aren't able to work here legally in the first place.
Kind of like the only people worried about where cops are hiding on the freeway are the ones who are breaking the law.edit on 22-2-2013 by Hopechest because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by butcherguy
Originally posted by Hopechest
The only people that should be afraid of a National ID card are the ones who aren't able to work here legally in the first place.
Kind of like the only people worried about where cops are hiding on the freeway are the ones who are breaking the law.edit on 22-2-2013 by Hopechest because: (no reason given)
Easy to say if you haven't been accused or suspected of something that you did not do.
The person who has had their door broken down and their pets shot during a 'no-knock' search warrant..... when the cops had the wrong address, or an address provided by an informant that lied..... They would understand.
Originally posted by Hopechest
Originally posted by butcherguy
Originally posted by Hopechest
The only people that should be afraid of a National ID card are the ones who aren't able to work here legally in the first place.
Kind of like the only people worried about where cops are hiding on the freeway are the ones who are breaking the law.edit on 22-2-2013 by Hopechest because: (no reason given)
Easy to say if you haven't been accused or suspected of something that you did not do.
The person who has had their door broken down and their pets shot during a 'no-knock' search warrant..... when the cops had the wrong address, or an address provided by an informant that lied..... They would understand.
I'm sorry but how does that affect a national ID card in any way?
Even if your accused of doing something you didn't your still legally allowed to work in the country.
Kind of like the only people worried about where cops are hiding on the freeway are the ones who are breaking the law.
Originally posted by Hopechest
I would love to see all forms of ID, including Credit cards all wrapped up into one piece of identification. It would make things much easier. When you pay for something you just swipe the card and choose which payment method it will be billed to. It includes your social security number, drivers license, passport.....everything.
Would make life a lot easier. Now if they could just wrap that into a bar code and implant it in your thumb that would be even better.
Originally posted by yuppa
OH i can see the Mark of the beast posters lining up already. LOL. Seriously we already have a national ID card already.Its called the social security card. It can also be a drivers license or simple ID. Point is that a ID with your picture,and pertinent info is not the mark of the beast. Kind of hard to have a ID in your hand or in your head if its made of plastic and one and a half inches wide and 3 inches long dont ya think?
Originally posted by Hopechest
The only people that should be afraid of a National ID card are the ones who aren't able to work here legally in the first place.
Kind of like the only people worried about where cops are hiding on the freeway are the ones who are breaking the law.edit on 22-2-2013 by Hopechest because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by Hopechest
Originally posted by yuppa
OH i can see the Mark of the beast posters lining up already. LOL. Seriously we already have a national ID card already.Its called the social security card. It can also be a drivers license or simple ID. Point is that a ID with your picture,and pertinent info is not the mark of the beast. Kind of hard to have a ID in your hand or in your head if its made of plastic and one and a half inches wide and 3 inches long dont ya think?
Well my larger point was that one card for identification purposes, or something, would make life a bit easier in my opinion. I hate having to carry multiple things around since I tend to misplace things a lot.
Just a thought.
Originally posted by Hopechest
Originally posted by butcherguy
Originally posted by Hopechest
The only people that should be afraid of a National ID card are the ones who aren't able to work here legally in the first place.
Kind of like the only people worried about where cops are hiding on the freeway are the ones who are breaking the law.edit on 22-2-2013 by Hopechest because: (no reason given)
Easy to say if you haven't been accused or suspected of something that you did not do.
The person who has had their door broken down and their pets shot during a 'no-knock' search warrant..... when the cops had the wrong address, or an address provided by an informant that lied..... They would understand.
I'm sorry but how does that affect a national ID card in any way?
Even if your accused of doing something you didn't your still legally allowed to work in the country.
Originally posted by SSFlorida
Originally posted by Hopechest
Originally posted by yuppa
OH i can see the Mark of the beast posters lining up already. LOL. Seriously we already have a national ID card already.Its called the social security card. It can also be a drivers license or simple ID. Point is that a ID with your picture,and pertinent info is not the mark of the beast. Kind of hard to have a ID in your hand or in your head if its made of plastic and one and a half inches wide and 3 inches long dont ya think?
Well my larger point was that one card for identification purposes, or something, would make life a bit easier in my opinion. I hate having to carry multiple things around since I tend to misplace things a lot.
Just a thought.
Here's a thought for you: It would also be easier for the Feds to track you, know every move you make, everything you buy, sell, type and then be able to call you a terrorist because you disagreed with them and lock your butt up without a trial. You would no longer have freedom of travel without road checks and if you are "deemed" not normal in any way you don't get a job, drivers license, or get to have children. They may even place you in a Fema camp to protect others. You had better read up on what this law means to us all.
NO BIG GOVERNMENT period.
Oklahoma – OKLA. STAT. ANN, tit. 47, § 6-110.3 (2007) (The State of Oklahoma shall not participate in the implementation of the REAL ID Act of 2005. The Department of Public Safety is hereby directed not to implement the provisions of the REAL ID Act of 2005 and to report to the Governor and the Legislature any attempt by agencies or agents of the United States Department of Homeland Security to secure the implementation of the REAL ID Act of 2005 through the operations of that or any other state department.
How close is Oklahoma to the Real ID, Much, Much, Closer then it should be
At least 13 (the National Conference of State Legislatures recognizes 16) states passed an actual law against Real ID but we know from Congressional documents that some of these states are quietly issuing Real ID compliant driver’s licenses anyways.
Thirteen states have laws prohibiting compliance with the REAL ID Act. Even so, DHS believes that some of these states already issue secure identification documents consistent with the standards of the regulation.
These states may not sign up for the gold star just yet, but with a wink and a nod, they are just as surely undermining the will of the people by meeting the first 18 benchmarks of Real ID. To state it simply, these states are positioned to do the bidding of the Department of Homeland Security by meeting the requirements of the Real ID Act while retaining plausible deniability about violating their states’ law that prohibits implementation of the Real ID Act.
Originally posted by yuppa
Kind of hard to have a ID in your hand or in your head if its made of plastic and one and a half inches wide and 3 inches long dont ya think?