I don't want people to have access to personal information from an ID card but I want an ID that illegals can't get or fake.
Therein lies the issue.
Of course, maybe a bunch of uncorruptable people could be found to work in the ID card issuing agency. Just like they have uncorruptables working in passport agencies & airports
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National ID card = new source of revenue for criminals & corrupt civil servants. It is possible that it'll have a few the poor illegals deported, but obviously, those richer ones - i.e. terrorists will be able to skirt around the ID card because of the amount of money they have behind them. Then of course - there's you & me (OK - I'm English but same shit is going on over there). You and me will be carded, id'd, asked to 'show our papers' any time the police think we 'look like trouble'.
What remains unknown to me - is exactly what problem the US has that this resolves. The UK has a different issue with illegals but in the US, it seems to me that it's fairly easy to ID an illegal immigrant without the legals carrying ID. Perhaps I am wrong.
I lived in Knoxville TN for a while - an illegal there would stick out as far as I did. In LA where I spend 2-3 months a year, there's a lot of hispanics but you'd presume those that were newer would be pretty easy to spot & would struggle to even tell you what a social security number was.
I just don't see what issue it resolves.