Tagged: National ID Cards
Having a national ID would promote a surveillance society that we should all dread. – Jim Harper
FLOOR ALERT OPPOSE SB 249 (Hueso) High-Tech Discrimination Against Immigrants Distributed September 10, 2015 Late amendments remove the basic safeguards necessary to prohibit discrimination against immigrants and protect against privacy invasions SB...
April 14, 2010 (related press release here) U.S. House of RepresentativesWashington, DC 20515 United States SenateWashington, DC 20510 Re: Oppose Schumer/Graham Biometric National ID Proposal within Comprehensive Immigration Reform Dear Representative/Senator: We write today...
The big government statists at the Heritage Foundation are holding another one of their How Can We Expand the Police State and Power of Central Government at the Same Time events: The 9/11 Commission...
The Privacy Coalition, of which my publication The Multiracial Activist has participated with on past advocacy efforts, has launched a campaign against the REAL ID Act. See the following for more information on the...
James Plummer, policy director for the Liberty Coalition, on Will the New National ID Track Your Movements? By the end of September virtually unaccountable bureaucrats inside the Department of Homeland Security will likely have...
More on the U.K.’s version of a national identification card: UK: The London School of Economics says the Home Office’s recent rebuttal of their critique of the Government’s identity cards scheme was misleading and...
Statewatch has posted a copy of a bill to introduce the U.K.'s version of a national ID card: UK: Identity Card Bill published 25 May 2005 (full-text, pdf): http://www.statewatch.org/news/2005/may/uk-ID-CARD-Bill.pdf Explanatory Notes (pdf): http://www.statewatch.org/news/2005/may/uk-ID-CARD-Bill-expl.pdf
Bill St. Clair has an interesting open letter to President Bush regarding the REAL ID Act. Read it here.
Also, take a minute to check out UnRealID.com for further information on national ID cards.
From Shane Cory at the Libertarian Party, who share my sentiments over the concept of national ID cards: Outrage of the Week: Senate Unanimously Passes the “Real ID” Act In a 100-0 vote, the...