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DHS says REAL ID is too unreliable to confirm U.S. citizenship

Honestly I might not be against a central database considering my experience with the current system, where my AZ driver's license got suspended because my non-existent NJ driver's license got suspended. How does that work? The states all share data about licenses, but there's no oversight on the accuracy, got a problem, go deal with the agency that screwed up. At least with a central database, you only have one agency to deal with, and the local branch can fix it without you having to travel across the country to sort things out.


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DHS says REAL ID is too unreliable to confirm U.S. citizenship

Philip Lavoie, an acting assistant special agent, stated that, "REAL ID can be unreliable to confirm U.S. citizenship."
C.J. Ciaramella (Reason Magazine)
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Bruce Heerssen
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So what, then, would DHS consider to be reliable proof that one is a citizen? Is there anything at all?
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@Bruce Heerssen Then depends on your skin colour and what you have on you, its whatever document you don't have on you, whether such a document exists or not.
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Bruce Heerssen
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True. I just want someone to press DHS about it. Make them answer that question.
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Mark Wollschlager
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Well, it was up to the state to follow the national requirements. The documents that I was required to provide are the basic citizenship documents. Birth certificate, passport, proof of residence. That should be the minimum in all states. There is no need for a "national database" of citizens other than the ones that already exist, IRS, SS for instance.
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🌴 Seph 💭 👾
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@Mark Wollschlager Thing is, from my experience I think there already is one, I can't imagine each state contacting the other 49 for updates, but who runs it? If there's a mistake who do you contact? Who's accountable for that database? In my experience, no one, something that needs to change. Sure, I'd rather there wasn't one at all, but they do need to keep track of who's licensed where and what points they have left... I mean how many points on their license.
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