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For failing to protect our borders, we are now less free.(INSIDER REPORT)(Brief Article)
On May 11, President Bush signed the REAL ID Act into law, which for the first time in U.S. history establishes a national identification card and a corresponding central identification database. Attached to the War Supplemental Spending bill, the REAL ID Act was promoted in Congress as the solution to the serious problem of illegal aliens obtaining state driver's licenses.
With driver's licenses, illegal aliens not only can (and do) register to vote and gain access to jobs and welfare benefits, but also pose an increased security dilemma. Proponents of the measure argued that the answer to the problem was for the federal government to mandate national standards to the states for driver's licenses.
Congressman Ron Paul (R-Texas) parted ways with many conservatives in the House who supported the bill, pointing out that it is an assault on the Constitution and the principle of federalism. Rep. Paul noted: "Proponents of the REAL ID Act continue to make the preposterous claim that the bill does not ...
- Media Advisory: Experts Available to Comment on Impending Release of Final...
- Press release article from: Business Wire January 10, 2008 700+ words
...former government officials with expertise on the REAL ID Act are available to comment on the final regulations...formats. Following is a backgrounder on the REAL ID Act. What REAL ID is The REAL ID Act is a 2005 federal law setting minimum ...
- The REAL ID Act of 2005: legal, regulatory, and implementation issues.(CRS...
- Congressional Research Service (CRS) Reports and Issue Briefs Tatelman, Todd B. April 1, 2008 700+ words
...and personal identification cards by passing The REAL ID Act of 2005 (REAL ID). The act contains a number of provisions relating...not comply with its provisions. In general, while REAL ID does not directly impose federal standards with respect...
- OPINION: Real ID Act fuels rebellion trouble: Real ID Act fuels rebellion...
- Newspaper article from: Tulsa World (Tulsa, OK) August 20, 2006 700+ words
...standardized to comply with the Real ID Act passed last year. Like it or not...documentation and keep it on file. The Real ID Act more or less slipped through Congress...states gear up to comply with the Real ID Act. Already there's been fierce...
- SECRETARY OF HOMELAND SECURITY MICHAEL CHERTOFF HOLDS A NEWS CONFERENCE AT THE...
- News wire article from: Political/Congressional Transcript Wire January 11, 2008 700+ words
...AT THE NATIONAL PRESS CLUB ON THE REAL ID ACT JANUARY 11, 2008 SPEAKER: SECRETARY...has spoken to this by passing the Real ID Act several years ago, which provides...standards for driver's licenses in the Real ID Act. That's also why the American...
- DHS Issues Proposed Regulations for Real ID Act.(Department of Homeland...
- Magazine article from: CioInsight March 2, 2007 700+ words
...Department of Homeland Security's Real ID Act, the Department has handed down...want to dispel the notion that the Real ID Act or our standards mandates anything...will collect." The fear of many Real ID Act proponents, particularly Rep...
- Real ID Act action plan.(INDUSTRY NEWS)
- Magazine article from: Law Enforcement Technology January 1, 2007 700+ words
The Real ID Act requires states meet stringent requirements...driver's license before issuing a valid Real ID Act license. Diamond Management and Technology has published a report, "Real ID--The Art of the Possible," a 90...
- Pushing national IDs: Congress tried its best to shackle the nation with a...
- Magazine article from: The New American Behreandt, Dennis July 9, 2007 700+ words
...abiding Americans. The measure in question is the Real ID Act, which creates a de facto national ID for all Americans...F. James Sensenbrenner introduced H.R. 418, the Real ID Act of 2005, into the
- Real ID Act up for debate; * MIT to hold public meeting about controversial...
- Magazine article from: Network World Kearns, Dave September 28, 2005 700+ words
...year was the passage of the U.S. Real ID Act, which encourages standardization...the title of the story. But the Real ID Act doesn't mandate a national ID...horizon. Hysterical advocates for the Real ID Act will tell you that lives can be...
- REPUBLICAN MEMBERS OF THE SENATE HOLD A NEWS CONFERENCE ON THE IMPLEMENTATION...
- News wire article from: Political/Congressional Transcript Wire March 1, 2007 700+ words
...REPUBLICANS HOLD A NEWS CONFERENCE ON REAL ID ACT IMPLEMENTATION MARCH 1, 2007 SPEAKERS...progress, on issues affecting the Real ID Act. This morning the Department of...delayed regulations to implement the Real ID Act. The department announced that...
- It's the REAL ID Act, stupid.(Opinion)
- Magazine article from: RCR Wireless News May 22, 2006 700+ words
...know a little something about the REAL ID Act, a measure attached a year ago...Afghanistan and tsunami relief. The REAL ID Act had trouble getting passed as a...could be because detractors view the REAL ID Act as a blueprint for creating a de...
Source: HighBeam Research, For failing to protect our borders, we are now less free.(INSIDER...