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DHS TO BEGIN COLLECTING FINGERPRINTS AND PHOTOS OF GREEN CARD HOLDERS

By Greg Siskind

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The next Congress has the ability to stop nonsense like this. We're not living in an Orwellian state yet, but we're getting closer when the government starts tracking the movement of everyone. Green card holders are just shy of citizens in terms of their status in this country and you can bet that citizens are next on the list if the folks who came up with this rule have their way.

My friend Chuck Kuck, president of the American Immigration Lawyers Association, had this to say:

A bedrock principle of our society is freedom from government intrusion without reason. The sole reason permanent residents will be singled out for data collection is the fact that they are not yet United States citizens. Without any reason to suspect wrongdoing, the U.S. Government will now collect biometric data from lawful permanent residents each time they enter the United States; privacy is now extinct. The expansion of this unproven program is premature. The proposed implementation strategy requires a far more detailed assessment of the costs of implementation and ongoing administration. The impact on the free flow of international travel and trade especially in this current time of economic upheaval has not even been assessed. This new rule will only harm the U.S. economy even more, and lead to lost productivity, competition, and jobs.

Be afraid.

Full post as published by Greg Siskind's Blog on December 19, 2008 (boomark / email).