Thank you for your vote on 10 February 2005 against HR 418, the REAL ID Act.
As you know, this bill unfortunately passed the House, and was railroaded
through the Senate after being attached to a must-pass spending bill.  If the
REAL ID Act remains in force, it will compel state motor vehicle departments to
become de facto extensions of the federal immigration service.  By denying
driving licences to undocumented immigrants, it will increase the numbers of
uninsured drivers.  Perhaps most frighteningly, its requirements for data
standardisation and data sharing will lay the groundwork for a national
identification card that will become required for travel by air, rail or road,
much like the internal passports issued by the old Soviet Union.  This new
Congress is a chance to repeal the REAL ID Act, and I hope that you will
support such a repeal.