ID program
I am adamantly opposed to theBasic Pilot Employment Verification System, a systerm that would essentially create a governmentpermission slip to work for everyone, regardlessof their citizenship status. The basic pilot programhas the ability to dramatically infringe on the privacy of ordinary people. Ithas proven to be ineffective andinaccurate, containing errors on a full two percent of U.S. citizens and about 50% of the non-citizens who should be eligible to work. As a U.S. worker, I am appalled that I could be denied the right to work based on a faulty government database.
The thought of being required by the government to carry a high-tech ID card with both my Social Security card and Visa cards with biometric features reeks of Big Brother. I feel no safer and no more secure knowing the government has created a one stop shopping source for identity thieves. I would like to see some real comprehensive immigration reform, not quick fixes.
Denver
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I would like to see the USA control it's borders and enforce current immigration law. We have the Immigration Reform Act of 1986. Let's just enforce our damn laws and secure our damn borders. We don't need any more bureacratic programs to give illegal aliens anything. Just a one way ticket back to their home country. Now that's a thought.
Posted by on January 31, 2007 06:38 PM