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Title    Civil Rights Group Calls for Creation of a National ID Card
Date    Monday January 21 2019, @06:02PM
Author    chromas
Topic   
from the identification-politics dept.
https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=19/01/21/1438234

takyon writes:

Civil rights group marks MLK Day with call for 'Trump card' national ID

A prominent civil rights group is marking Martin Luther King Jr. Day by pressing President Trump to honor his promise to create a national photo ID card for citizens.

Martin Luther King III, the oldest son of the iconic civil rights leader and a co-chairmen of the Drum Major Institute, met with Trump two years ago on MLK Day. During that meeting, the then president-elect endorsed the idea of a national photo ID. This year, the group is calling on Trump to follow through.

William Wachtel, co-founder of the Drum Major Institute, said the group sees the issue as critical to ensuring King's work to remove barriers to voting.

[...] The idea has invited controversy in the past, in particular over privacy concerns. In 2013, Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) introduced a measure, the Protect Our Privacy Act, attached to a Senate immigration bill. The Paul amendment sought to prevent the creation of a national ID card, citing worries that it would make it easier for the government to track people. Wachtel sought to ease concerns about such an ID, saying it would not be mandatory and would only be an option for those who sought it.


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  1. "takyon" - https://soylentnews.org/~takyon/
  2. "Civil rights group marks MLK Day with call for 'Trump card' national ID" - https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/426222-civil-rights-group-marks-mlk-day-with-call-for-trump-card-national-id
  3. "Original Submission" - https://soylentnews.org/submit.pl?op=viewsub&subid=31274

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