Saturday, January 27, 2007

Maine revolts against digital U.S. ID card

BOSTON (Reuters) - Maine lawmakers on Thursday became the first in the nation to demand repeal of a federal law tightening identification requirements for drivers' licenses, a post-September 11 security measure that states say will cost them billions of dollars to administer.

Maine lawmakers passed a resolution urging repeal of the Real ID Act, which would create a national digital identification system by 2008. The lawmakers said it would cost Maine about $185 million, fail to boost security and put people at greater risk of identity theft.

Please Read the rest of this article at: http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070126/pl_nm/usa_idcard_dc_1

Disagree or Agree feel free to add your own comments.

I would like to draw your attention to one single paragraph in this article specifically:

[quote=Yahoo News]

States also will have to verify that a person applying for a license is in the country legally. States will be able to issue separate credentials to illegal aliens so that they will still be able to drive. [/quote]

The added emphasis was mine.

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