Republican Senator in Massachusetts?

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Originally Posted by randallscott35

If that's what it takes.

I don't want that government intrusion in my life.

I already have to prove what I'm doing here to immigration sometimes when I'm just driving through New Mexico, Arizona near the southern border.

[joeydb]

Not government ID cards. Useless, and they can be forged (and will be).

A fingerprint database linked to the one already used for "Social Security Numbers". That's a nonintrusive answer, and quite safe from identity theft concerns. Not many people would (or can) alter their fingerprints surgically, all ten of them, perfectly. Low risk.

You wouldn't have to carry a card. And the few times this passive device would be used is for security, or at a hospital, airport, buying a gun, proving you're of age at a bar, voting, etc. It would greatly simplify every current need we have for showing identification. And the illegals would have nowhere to hide their status.

It's not active. It would not track your whereabouts, though I suspect they can already do that with cell phones that we all carry.

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Originally Posted by joeydb

A fingerprint database linked to the one already used for "Social Security Numbers". That's a nonintrusive answer, and quite safe from identity theft concerns. Not many people would (or can) alter their fingerprints surgically, all ten of them, perfectly. Low risk.

I agree with the effectiveness and security, but again, I do NOT want to have to prove I am an American citizen as I go about my daily business living in America. I have to do that in some states now.

I do NOT want more government intrusion into my private life.