I urge you to oppose the Senate version of HR 418, the REAL ID Act.  This
bill would curtail the rights of states, immigrants, and citizens alike.
Immigrants seeking asylum could be required to obtain supporting documentation
from the very governments from which they're fleeing.  State motor vehicle
departments would become de facto extensions of the federal immigration
service, denial of driving licences to undocumented immigrants would increase
the numbers of uninsured drivers, and requirements for data standardisation and
data sharing would lay the groundwork for a national identification card,
abridging the privacy of innocent people.  Even lawful permanent residents
could be deported for crimes of guilt by association - for example,
hypothetically, individuals who give money today to an Indonesian organisation
involved in tsunami relief could be deported if that organisation's activities
in future years were asserted to be linked to terrorism.