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Article: White House Backs National ID Card
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- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- July 13, 1994
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NEW YORK The United States, in a response to its inability to
control illegal immigration, may soon ask every American to carry a
national identity card that would be required when applying for work
or social benefits, CBS-TV reported Tuesday.
Called an "Employee Verification Registration," the card would
include a photograph, a magnetic strip with vital information, a
verified social security number and possibly fingerprints, CBS said.
The card could be proposed by the U.S. Commission on Immigration
Reform, a bipartisan group that CBS said has already discussed the
concept with the White House, which tentatively endorses the idea.
It said the card would help curb the flow of jobs and ...