[IP] REad it and prepare to stand on LONG LONG lines -- Senate Backs Measure to Tighten ID Requirements
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From: Bob Frankston <Bob19-0501@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: May 11, 2005 11:08:11 AM EDT
To: David Farber <dave@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Senate Backs Measure to Tighten ID Requirements
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/05/10/
AR2005051001403.html
By Darryl Fears
Washington Post Staff Writer
Wednesday, May 11, 2005; Page A14
The Real ID Act, which the Senate approved yesterday, would make it
more difficult for illegal immigrants to obtain identification that
the federal government will recognize when they try to board an
airplane, fill out tax forms or open a bank account. But the measure
would affect U.S. citizens as well.
Americans would need an authentic copy of their birth certificate to
apply for a new driver's license or renew an old one. The
certificates must be verified at the counter by a Department of Motor
Vehicles agent, along with other identification, such as Social
Security numbers and utility bills. Governors, legislatures and
officials in motor vehicle departments oppose the act, saying it
would lead to agonizingly long lines at DMV offices
..
We need Niemöller but we get Andre Maginot. A national of bubble
babies who think that the one authentic truth will save protect them
from risk. What’s next, banning the first and last car of trains to
prevent accidents? It’s depressing that we have a traditional of
journalism which reports just the “facts” as if the spin were a “fact”.
Bob Frankston
http://www.frankston.com
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