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Originally Posted by TalnSG
Agreed.
But 21 states in the U.S. have followed Maine's action and passed laws banning this action. Several others have bills pending to outlaw it. All 50 have extensions on the enforcement date. This could be an interesting show down in the Supreme Court. The law was passed with an effective date of May 11, 2008 and has been changed twice. Its being fought on several different constitutional principles by both traditionally liberal and conservative groups. North Carolina is already in compliance, but almost every state with significant immigration issues (except CA) is showing strong opposition.
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To be clear, the fight is not about RFID but a national, United States ID that would be required to get on an airplane. State IDs could be converted to also be national IDs, and everyone would be in one database.