Thread: Cardless National ID and the E-Verify Rebellion

Cardless National ID and the E-Verify Rebellion

by Jim Harper

New Hampshire was the state where the “REAL ID rebellion” got its start. There, in 2006, Rep. Neal Kurk (R-Weare) took to the floor of the New Hampshire House to talk about his principled opposition to the federal national ID law.

In stirring words, Kurk urged his colleagues to overturn a committee recommendation that no action should be taken on his bill to have New Hampshire reject REAL ID. The House went on to pass his bill and half the states in the nation soon followed suit.

Now a bill pending in the New Hampshire House responds to a more insidious version of the federal government’s national ID plans: E-Verify.

E-Verify is a federal background check system that its proponents intend to be used on every person seeking work in the United States. Once in place, E-Verify would expand to new uses, giving the federal government direct regulatory control of all Americans’ lives through control of proof of identity. It’s being fitted to operate using only databases, so I’ve been referring to it as a “cardless national ID.”

New Hampshire Rep. Seth Cohn (R-Merrimack 6) has introduced a bill to prevent his state from contributing New Hampshirites personal data to the E-Verify system. HB 1549 would not only prohibit the state from allowing citizens’ personal data to be used in E-Verify. It would prohibit the state from requiring employers to participate in the E-Verify system.

It’s an appropriate response to the Department of Homeland Security’s latest move. You see, a branch of E-Verify is called the “RIDE” program. That stands for “Records and Information from Department of Motor Vehicles for E-Verify” (Yeah, it’s a stretch…) Basically, RIDE is the conduit through which the states are going to start passing data to the federal government, weaving together that national ID outside of the REAL ID Act.

In their desire to bring illegal immigration under control, a lot of people have convinced themselves over many years that growing the federal government and conscripting businesses into “internal enforcement” of immigration law was the way to go. Unfortunately, that route costs a lot of money, it bloats the federal government, and it requires a national ID system, which is a threat to liberty that Americans reject. My paper, “Franz Kafka’s Solution to Illegal Immigration,” goes through many of the details.

Is this the beginning of the E-Verify rebellion? It’s a welcome addition to the national debate from the “Live Free or Die” state.

Cardless National ID and the E-Verify Rebellion | Cato @ Liberty

How can a person be physically ID'd without a physical ID card to match the face with the card holder?

Not only are we going into a paperless money society, we are going into a bogus national ID society.

This is just insanity. So we can trust states to look out for our interests but not the federal government? What stops the states when they have so much power from being untrustworthy? What happens when cities decide they can't trust the state and suburbs deside they can trust the city? Can I avoid city laws because I don't trust the city... state... fed...

But then also on another point how do we know someone is why they say they are without a solid form of ID? How do we know that we are paying the right person, how do we know that business is actually a legit business, how do we know this person is and has what they say they do? Are we so stupid to think that we can just trust everybody in the US, or the world for that fact? Maybe I should walk into the White House and start ordering everyone around claiming I'm Obama as things like ID is silly and proof of ones identity, who are they to question me anyways right? Sorry but you guys can't prove I'm not the President as that would trample on my civil rights or personal freedoms...

While legal, law-abiding citizens are losing their Constitutional freedoms to a Police State daily, illegal immigrants are allowed to stay and remain in their country, while at the same time STEAL THEIR CHILDREN'S IDENTITIES by the tens of thousands.

No relief in sight ..

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