Immigration Debate: Senators Weigh In on Biometric ID Cards

Fox News Latino reports:

In a move that could split a coalition of eight Democratic and Republican senators discussing comprehensive immigration reform, a number of lawmakers want to explore the possibility of issuing U.S. workers high-tech identity cards that use fingerprints and other identifiers to prove a person’s legal status to work.

In hazily worded language from the senators, the ID cards would also track Americans at airports, hospital and other public spaces – worrying a number of privacy advocates and others concerned with being tracked by the federal government.

Read more on Fox News Latino. The report is based on a report by Danny Yadron of the Wall Street Journal.

That my senator supports this plan is troubling. Very troubling.