Valley Morning Star on Republican David Dreier Introduces National ID Card Legislation:
As Americans continue to debate immigration, they need to make sure that precious rights and freedoms are not abridged by any new public policy that may grow out of the discussion.
That’s why we urge Congress to strongly oppose a proposal by Rep. David Dreier, R-Calif., that would require all workers to have what his Web site describes as a Social Security card with their picture on it. It would “contain an electronic signature strip that contains an encrypted electronic identification strip, unique to that individual.”
Whenever you applied for a new job, your employer would be required to verify you are a citizen or legal alien “via a phone verification system, to be set up by” the Department of Homeland Security. Employers not following the procedure would face fines up to $50,000 per occurrence.
Folks, contrary to the assertions of the big government conservative Republican Representative David Dreier, this IS a national ID card. I oppose this proposal now, as I did in 2002 when I signed The Multiracial Activist on to coalition letters as a member of a group of organizations opposed to mandatory national ID cards (here and here).