To: senator@boxer.senate.gov (Barbara Boxer)
From: mkb4@Cornell.edu (Matthew Belmonte)
Subject: I oppose SB 574

SB 574 (Kennedy) would establish a nationwide, comprehensive database of anyone
and everyone hired for any job.  The requirement of accessing this database
every time someone is being considered for a job would present a great
inconvenience and invasion of privacy for employers and employees alike.  In
addition, the tracking information contained in such a database could be easily
misused by unscrupulous agencies or individuals, and the record on of the United
States government in this area during the past twenty-five years does not
inspire confidence.  I urge you not to succumb to the hysteria that has been
provoked by the Oklahoma bombing and by the scapegoating of illegal immigrants.
This bill would do more to harm ordinary Americans than it could possibly do to
remedy either of those situations.