[S]everal Members of Congress are pushing legislation that would compile your most personal information, such as your name, address, photos, birth certificates, social security number and perhaps even your DNA, into a national database. This giant network would then be accessible by numerous government employees and shared with Mexican and Canadian bureaucracies, dramatically increasing the risk of your personal information being stolen and abused.
The proposed legislation, the REAL ID Act of 2005, also includes numerous anti-immigrant provisions. …
Based on the outcry by concerned activists like you, the legislation’s supporters know they cannot pass the REAL ID Act as an independent bill so they are trying to attach it to a must-pass appropriations bill. A vote is expected later this week….