From [HERE] If one part of some lawmakers' plan for comprehensive immigration reform goes through, Social Security cards could soon come with a fingerprint. Racist suspect Senators John McCain (R-Ariz.) and Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) said on Thursday that their Senate framework for immigration reform, recently endorsed by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.), could require biometric information to check employment status.

Biometrics proposals have been floated for years as one solution to the vexing problem of how to prove workers are who they say they are. The ID card industry sees the potential for billions of dollars of business if immigration reform leads to biometric requirements. Privacy advocates, however, worry the new proposals could in essence create a national ID -- and lead to a spate of Arizona-style "show-me-your-papers" laws.

Civil liberties advocates, however, caution that linking biometric identifiers to Social Security cards would inevitably create momentum toward a national ID card.

"Once you have a physical card, people are going to start asking for it," said Chris Calabrese, legislative counsel for the American Civil Liberties Union. "If you look like you might be undocumented, are police going to expect to see your card on the street? We've seen these kinds of status checks in places like Arizona in the past" - and in Nazi Germany -bw [MORE] . 

Attention to all Brown Persons:

In Nazi Germany , the Nazis created an elaborate system of identifying Jewish people that included personal Jew identification cards, passports marked with a J, assignment of names and the outward marking of persons with a yellow star. 

According to Raul Hilberg: "the whole identification system, with its personal documents, specially assigned names, and conspicuous tagging in public, was a powerful weapon in the hands of the police.

First, the system was an auxiliary device that facilitated the enforcement of residence and movement restrictions.

Second, it was an independent control measure in that it enabled the police to pick up any Jew, anywhere, anytime.

Third, and perhaps most important, identification had a paralyzing effect on its victims. The system induced the Jews to be even more docile, more responsive to command than before. The wearer of the star was exposed; he thought that all eyes were fixed upon him. It was as though the whole population had become a police force, watching him and guarding his actions. No Jew, under those conditions, could resist, escape, or hide without first ridding himself of the conspicuous tag, the revealing middle name, the telltale ration card, passport, and identification papers. Yet the riddance of these burdens was dangerous, for the victim could be recognized and denounced. Few Jews took the chance. The vast majority wore the star and, wearing it, were lost." (11) [MORE]