CDT Urges Removal of REAL ID Language from Immigration Bill - CDT is calling on the Senate to strike from the immigration bill language that would require Americans to present a REAL ID card before they are permitted to work. Senator Max Baucus (D-Mt.) is leading the effort to remove the REAL ID provision, which represents the sort of dangerous "mission creep" that opponents of REAL ID have long warned of. Although the REAL ID Act was not intended to create a national ID card, the mandate in the immigration bill makes clear that it would be difficult, if not impossible, to hold the line against widespread use of the cards for other governmental and private purposes. The American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators and several public interest advocates are calling for the removal of the REAL ID language. June 07, 2007

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