However, Republican Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky recently questioned the potential abuse of a system that accessed 212 million driver’s license records and called it a “national picture database.” “A national database of citizens raises the question: What activities will require someone to present their papers? A national ID allows more power to gravitate to Washington and a greater likelihood that power will be abused,” Paul wrote in a Washington Times opinion piece. “We already know the federal government is rife with false positives on the no-fly list and the National Instant Check system for gun buyers. Why would we be foolish enough to think that a massive database of all citizens would not have the same problems on a grander scale?” Paul said. Republican Sen. Rob Portman of Ohio told Newsmax the E-Verify system would block at least 40 percent of illegal immigrants from passing a job background check. Read Latest Breaking News from Newsmax newsmax/Newsfront/immigration-national-id-rand/2013/06/16/id/510153#ixzz2WPfUoFvk Urgent: Should Obamacare Be Repealed? Vote Here Now!
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