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Activism and Politics => Politics => Topic started by: katia on November 29, 2007, 10:23:43 PM

Title: Real ID Act Getting Negative Response
Post by: katia on November 29, 2007, 10:23:43 PM
Real ID Act Getting Negative Response

http://wearecentralpa.com/content/fulltext/?cid=3913
Reported by: Smitha Rao
11/29/2007

"The law is getting negative reaction from many local people. The American Civil Liberties Union held a meeting in Johnstown Thursday night. Ten news couldn't find one person backing the bill"
Title: Re: Real ID Act Getting Negative Response
Post by: cindianna_jones on November 29, 2007, 11:31:26 PM
I'm hoping that it never becomes practical to implement.  I see many things standing in the way of making this happen.

- There's this sticky issue of so many non-papered individuals in the country.
- Older people are going to place great resistance on the requirements of registration.  It's hard to imagine but they hav problems getting birth certs and such.
- Once people figure out how much information will be available to the security guard at the door who scans your card, they are going to scream rape.

So, I don' believe that it will really happen.  However, I've been wrong before.  This thing will be a nightmare for us ->-bleeped-<-s.

Cindi
Title: Re: Real ID Act Getting Negative Response
Post by: Sheila on December 01, 2007, 12:02:17 AM
It's going to be a nightmare for a lot of people, but I'm not going to worry about it. What are they going to do? Personally, I don't think it will ever come about. Like you said, too many people don't like it and we will have a changing of the guard next year.
Sheila