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Unfortunately the only way that any data base will be able to determine if a individual is correctly identified and eligible to work in the US will be to have a data base on everyone. If we ever want to end illegal immigration we will need to have a record of all citizens..simple as that. Ether a passport, driver’s license or state ID for everyone.

Unfortunately the only way that any data base will be able to determine if a individual is correctly identified and eligible to work in the US will be to have a data base on everyone.

I disagree with that. We are led to believe that the only solution is a vast detailed centralized database, but other countries without such things are able to control immigration using less intrusive and potentially misusable means. Take good old Mexico for instance. If you can't prove to the satisfaction of the authorities that you are in their country legally, they toss your ass in the clink. Harsh penalities for the individual, and employers make people think twice. And as a result, other than northbound migrants travelling through that get a pass, Mexico has far fewer illegal immigrants, as do Saudi Arabia, Japan, Singapore, and many other nations that practice this. It has worked in the past effectively. The fly in the ointment is that we have a corrupt system that deliberately looks the other way as the problem festers, then they roll out the big centralized database with everything on everyone to "solve" the problem.