The reason I bring this up right now is that I was talking to some friends and the subject turned to one guys drivers License needing renewed. Well one thing led to another, and I found out a lot of people don’t understand the ramifications of this act. So I thought on a very cold day I would point out those ramifications. Read on.>>>
It starts out to be fairly innocent with what would be standardized information, but if you read between the lines in the last paragraph, it leaves DHS a lot of room to add to It.
These standards would require a State to include, at a minimum, the following information and features on each driver's license and identification card issued to a person by the State:
The person's full legal name.
The person's date of birth.
The person's gender.
The person's driver's license or identification card number.
A digital photograph of the person.
The person's address of principle residence.
The person's signature.
Physical security features designed to prevent tampering, counterfeiting, or duplication of the document for fraudulent purposes.
A common machine-readable technology, with defined minimum data elements.
Would require States to certify their compliance with the new standards to the Secretary of Transportation. The Secretary of Transportation, in consultation with the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), may prescribe regulations establishing the time and manner of the certifications. The DHS will determine whether a State is meeting the requirements of this bill based on the certifications.
There are a lot of tie ins with this Bill, you will be denuded your Social Security, Disability, and other Government programs if you or your state refuse to take part in the National ID Act.
The Bill made sure that it was tied into the Social Security, when they incorporated the language of H.R. 418 to Law 109-13, the Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act for Defense, the Global War on Terror, and Tsunami Relief, 2005
Section 202. Minimum Document Requirements and Issuance Standards for Federal Recognition
Beginning 3 years after enactment, prohibits a Federal agency from accepting, for any official purpose, a State-issued driver's license or identification card unless the State is issuing driver's licenses and identification cards that conform to the standards specified in the new law.
These standards require a State to include, at a minimum, the following information and features on each driver's license and identification card issued to a person by the State:
The person's full legal name;
The person's date of birth;
The person's gender;
The person's driver's license or identification card number;
A digital photograph of the person;
The person's address of principle residence;
The person's signature;
Physical security features designed to prevent tampering, counterfeiting, or duplication of the document for fraudulent purposes; and,
A common machine-readable technology, with defined minimum data elements.
States must certify their compliance with the new standards to the Secretary of Homeland Security. The Secretary of Homeland Security, in consultation with the Secretary of the Transportation, may prescribe regulations establishing the time and manner of the certifications.
States must require, at a minimum, presentation and verification of the following information before issuing a driver's license or identification card: 1) a photo identity document, or other identity document if it includes both the person's full legal name and date of birth; 2) documentation showing the person's date of birth; 3) proof of the person's SSN or verification that the person is not eligible for an SSN; and, 4) documentation showing the person's name and address of principle residence.
States must require evidence of lawful immigration status before issuing a driver's license or identification card to a person. A State may issue a temporary driver's license or identification card to noncitizens who are temporarily present in the United States.
States are required to verify, with the issuing agency, each document required to be presented by the person to obtain a driver's license or identification card.
States must confirm with SSA the full Social Security account number presented by a person to obtain a driver's license or identification card. In the event that a Social Security account number belongs to another person to whom any State has issued a driver's license or identification card, the State must resolve the discrepancy and take appropriate action.
So if your state is one of the states that are fighting The National ID Act, you could find yourself a prisoner in you own state, and if you rely on Social Security, or Disability, you become a financial prisoner as well.
Looking at, H.R. 10, National Intelligence Reform Act of 2004
One of the first things that jumped out at me in this Bill that the Lame duck Congress rushed back to vote on in December of 2004, is the fact that the Bill puts anyone that speaks ill of the U.S. Government in the position of being labeled a terrorist.
§2043, Expansion of crime of material support. A federal judge has already found the USA PATRIOT Act’s provision on material support for terrorism "unconstitutionally vague." This section would make it a crime to associate with a named terrorist organization, even if the person opposes violence and the association involves no financial support.
The Bill also set up a National Drivers License, or (National ID) incase H.R. 418 did not pass.
Thomas
§3051 through §3056, Improved security for driver’s licenses and national identification cards. This section would essentially create a national ID card. By doing so, it would bar many thousands of undocumented immigrants from obtaining a driver’s license. It would also link state motor vehicle databases together.
§3051 through §3056, is very lengthy and should be read so that the context is understood. The laws that were signed, not only restrict certain activities but also restrict free movement from state to state, and due to the linking of the databases to DHS the federal government is able to track you as if you were a common criminal. As it stands right now, the ACLU is fighting this from the immigrant’s position and not the citizens. Moreover, as I see it we will have to watch out for ourselves because it is getting really close to becoming a reality.
ABA