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Congress is expected this week to reinterpret the driver's license yet again. The license will never, of course, be called a national ID card, which evokes jackboots and imperial forces in the minds of many Americans. But the new law would make it function a lot like a national...
The bill's supporters say it would not establish a national ID card, since no one has to get a driver's license or state ID. That's correct. Such documents are useful only if you need to drive, fly, cash checks, apply for certain jobs or enter federal buildings...
For most Americans, the most obvious effect of such changes would be longer lines at the department of motor vehicles (DMV). States would have three years to comply, and all existing licenses would remain valid. But meeting the new verification requirements would entail some heavy lifting by state authorities and...
Illegal aliens would be hardest hit, by far. Besides the requirement to prove legal status in order to qualify for a driver's license, the bill would raise new barriers for asylum seekers and strip away judicial review of many federal deportation orders against immigrants. All of which helps explain...
Other critics, including civil libertarian Alan Dershowitz, came around to driver's-license reforms after 9/11. Most of the hijackers had driver's licenses or state IDs, leading the 9/11 commission to recommend changes like the ones proposed. Had this bill been enacted by 2001, some of the terrorists would...