[Polybius]

Just out of curiousity, how do you police illegal immigration without some form of I.D.?

The way you police ILLEGAL ALIENS is to require all LEGAL immigrants to carry a digital ID card, and digital visas .

That's all fine and good but how do you tell legal immigrants and illegal aliens from U.S. citizens?

Do you all of a sudden turn whiter and lose your accent when you become a U.S. citizen?

How do you know that the 100% Mayan-blood Mexican-American born in California is a U.S. citizen but that the blond and blue eyed Ukrainian bombshell cleaning your teeth at the dentist's office is a legal immigrant or maybe even an illegal alien?

Maybe Jarhead and I don't worry too much about ID cards since, when we were on active duty, we had to show our military ID's just to enter the base or shop at the Navy Exchange or enter the gym.

The Federal Government, your State Government, your County Government and your City Government already know exactly who you are and exactly where you live. I know because their tax forms always end up in my mailbox.

So, what, exactly, is so horrible about a National ID Card?

That fact that "Where are your papers?" was a standard line given to Nazi characters in World War II movies?

So what?

The U.S. Interstates highways are modeled after a Nazi idea......The Autobahn.

Just as we need a Passport to travel abroad.......and only to travel abroad......we can use National Id Card for only certain rare occurrences such as getting a job or flying an airplane (a potential weapon of mass destruction).

[calex59]

If you don't know what is wrong with a national ID then I can't explain it to you. It should be obvious to any freedom loving individual what is wrong with them.

No, a person doesn't become "whiter" after they become citizens(have a little agenda do you?). However, all employers are supposed to check SS numbers when they hire someone, we already have that database online and ready for use. Green cards should be tied to temporary SS numbers. If an employer checks someones SS number and it is already being used by Mary in Utah, then it can't belong to Joe in CA.

The means to check ILLEGAL ALIENS when they hire on is already at hand. We don't need a bunch of new laws and regulations gumming up the freedoms of US citizens.

Enforce the laws, jail and fine employers who hire ILLEGALS and they will deport themselves when no work is available. We have no need to turn our country into a police state to do this.