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Claim:
By 2008, drivers will have to submit to formal identification
checks and have chips bearing federal ID numbers implanted
in their hands.
Status:
Multiple:
By 2008, motorists will have to submit to formal identification
checks to obtain or renew U.S. drivers licenses: True.
A federal identification number will be issued to each driver's
license holder who has passed the identification process:
False.
Chips bearing federal identification numbers will be implanted
into motorists' hands: False.
Example: April
2007 - This email is going around on Internet:
I need to share with you what
happened to me last month. As most of you know, I moved down
to California from Alaska just over 2 years ago. I didn't want
to get a California's drivers license until my Alaska license
expired - which it did last month.
This is the experience I had: I went online and downloaded the
DMV form an my Alaska Drivers license had my photo on it and
thought that maybe that would help her out. She waved my AK DL
in front of me and stated "California doesn't recognize
this as a Federal ID"!!! I was floored. She told me to return
with my birth certificate. I left...angry of course. I went home
and ordered my birth certificate from Nevada,. costing me $41.00.
Three days later I went back into the DMV (my AKDL was expired
at this point). I took the test, passed and was going through
the process of obtaining my California license... the clerk then
asked me what last name I would be using on my drivers license!!!
Incredulously I asked her what on earth is she talking about.
She then informed me that the last name on my birth certificate
was different than what was on my Alaska drivers license and
she didn't know which name to use! I stared at her with my mouth
open in astonishment! I then managed to explain to her that the
last name I had been born with was called my "maiden"
name, which of course changed when I had married... thus explaining
the different last name showing on my Alaska Drivers License.
She asked me if I had changed my name back to my maiden name
when I divorced and I informed her I hadn't. She then told me
that in order to give me the California Drivers License I had
to bring in a certified copy of my marriage certificate to prove
my name had indeed been changed from my maiden to married last
name! We're talking about something that happened over 25 years
ago!
NOW I'm being asked to prove my name had changed! At this point
I flipped out and in a very threatening voice told the clerk
that I'd come into the DMV three freakin times to get a blasted
drivers license and I wasn't leaving without one. I informed
her that I was divorced and didn't even have a marriage certificate
(having gleefully destroyed it along time ago along with my wedding
pictures).. I had provided her with more than the required two
pieces of identity. I was furious! The clerk's supervisor was
sitting next to her and told the clerk to go ahead and give me
the drivers license.
At that point they required me to submit my thumbprint to them.
I complained about the lack of freedom in this state and asked
them why they just didn't tell everyone that in order to get
a drivers license in their state we would need to bring in a
suitcase full of ID,s as well as blood and urine samples to go
with our thumbprints!! The supervisor then informed me that as
of May 2008 that won't be necessary as every state will require
(as per Federal Law) every driver to go to the DMV and obtain
a FEDERAL ID number which will be implanted in the hand of the
individual!!!! They ACTUALLY told me this at the DMV! Apparently,
several years ago the FEDERAL GOVERNMENT tried to get a law passed
requiring everyone to receive a FEDERAL ID NUMBER. It was turned
down by the citizens of the United States.
Well, the FEDERAL GOVERNMENT being the lying, cheating criminals
that they are - quietly inserted that law into a bill giving
federal funds to the Katrina victims. When that bill passed...
so did the requirement to receive a FEDERAL ID NUMBER! According
to that (now) law, as of MAY 2008, every driver will be required
to go to their local DMV office to obtain a federal ID number.
They must take in certified copies of their birth certificates,
marriage & divorce certificates and social security card.
They will also submit to being finger and/or thumbprinted. They
will then receive their new FEDERAL ID NUMBER to be inserted
under the skin of their hand. At that time they will then be
licensed to drive! If you choose not to participate in this FEDERAL
ID program... you will not be able to: DRIVE, TRAVEL ON COMMERCIAL
AIRCRAFT, GO INTO FEDERAL BUILDINGS (that means you can't defend
yourself in Federal Courts if you don't have a FEDERAL ID number)
STEP ONTO FEDERAL LANDS (say goodbye to hiking, camping, rafting,
etc....), RECEIVE SOCIAL SECURITY, RECEIVE ANY FEDERAL FUNDS
& BENEFITS, RECEIVE TAX REFUNDS, WORK FOR THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT,
RECEIVE WAGES FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, SERVE IN ANY OF THE
ARMED FORCES, RECEIVE VA BENEFITS etc...etc...etc...
Does this LAW affect YOU??? Do you like it? IF YOU DO NOT LIKE
THIS LAW You MUST fight this. You have one year to get your representatives
to reverse this law. You MUST write all your Congressmen, Senators
and Representatives and DEMAND that this "LAW" be reversed.
None of us can afford to sit and ignore this law.
This law effectively takes away our last remaining rights as
citizens of this country. When the Federal Government starts
to enforce this law... you will NOT have any rights. NONE! You
cannot stand on the Constitution as it will be ONLY for those
who have received their ID number!!! Don't believe me??? Call
your local DMV and ask them!!!!.... PLEASE PROTECT WHAT LITTLE
RIGHTS WE STILL HAVE LEFT..... FIGHT THIS LAW! EVIL PROSPERS
WHEN GOOD MEN DO NOTHING
If we choose not to fight this law..... we DESERVE the government
we get.
As you can imagine, I left the Auburn, California DMV in shock!!
Our government is not for us...it's against us...
PLEASE FIGHT THIS LAW....IT TRAMPLES ON THE FREEDOMS OUR FOREFATHERS
DIED FOR...
Origins: In May 2005, the U.S. Congress
passed, and President George W. Bush signed into law, the "Emergency
Supplemental Appropriations Act for Defense, the Global War on
Terror, and Tsunami Relief Act." Contained within that
legislation was the "Real ID Act," provisions requiring
every state to issue drivers' licenses that comply with a
national standard.
The "Real ID Act" was a response to the September
11 terrorist attacks on the U.S., attacks that were facilitated
by 18 of the 19 hijackers having obtained fraudulent identification
(including U.S. drivers' licenses) that helped them board the
planes they hijacked and flew into the Pentagon and World Trade
Center buildings.
The "Real ID Act" mandates that by 11 May 2008, each
U.S. state implement systems ensuring that motorists who apply
for licenses are who they say they are and do not pose security
risks. After that date, persons looking to obtain or renew drivers'
licenses issued by any of the 50 states will have to provide
documentation of identity (e.g., birth certificate, passport),
documentation of residency address (e.g., utility bills), and
documentation showing they are in the United States legally (e.g.,
birth certificate from a U.S. state or territory, U.S. passport,
U.S. permanent residency card).
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security will extend the 11 May
2008 deadline to 31 December 2009 for states that both ask for
this postponement and provide a compliance plan, so it is reasonable
to assume that motorists of at least some states will have
until the end of 2009 before they are required to provide extensive
information if they're to retain their drivers' licenses.
Numerous states are up in arms about this law, primarily because
they maintain that having to vet every holder of a driver's license
will be a lengthy and expensive process, one that will hopelessly
snarl their motor vehicle and public safety departments. State
officials have also expressed concerns about maintaining individuals'
rights to privacy.
The federal Department of Homeland Security (DHS) says that a
Real ID-compliant driver's license will be required in order
to access a federal facility, board federally-regulated commercial
aircraft, and enter nuclear power plants.
To many citizens the Real ID Act smacks of a national ID card
program, but the DHS maintains that is not so. It says: "The
proposed regulations establish common standards for States to
issue licenses. The Federal Government is not issuing the licenses,
is not collecting information about license holders, and is not
requiring States to transmit license holder information to the
Federal Government that the Government does not already have
(such as a Social Security Number)."
As for the Internet-circulated account of an unnamed former resident
of Alaska who experienced problems obtaining a California driver's
license, while the 2008 implementation of the Real ID Act would
require such an applicant to provide proof of who she was and
where she lived as part of the recredentialing process, we could
find no information about the federal government's having enacted
a plan to issue complying motorists with "Federal ID Numbers,"
let alone anything about those numbers being "inserted under
the skin of their hand." Those parts of the missive are
imagination or misinformation run amok. The insertion of machine-readable
devices into the body parts of compliant citizens is a recurring
feature in apocalyptic or "evil corporate/government"
rumors, such as claims that Mondex is replacing
money with biochips inserted into people's hands, or that the
government is inserting RFID chips into the homeless to better
keep tabs on them. (A related rumor asserts that the security
strip
embedded in U.S. currency helps the government keep track of
how much money any person is carrying.)
As of April 2007, the DHS lists these requirements for a Real
ID-compliant driver's license:
- 1) A photo ID or other identity document that includes full
legal name and date of birth.
- 2) A birth certificate or other documentation of date of
birth.
- 3) Proof of Social Security number (or ineligibility for
one).
- 4) Documentation of residency address, such as a utility
bill.
- 5) Proof of lawful entry/residency status in the U.S.
- Note that the above list details the minimum standards
required under the Real ID Act; individual states may still choose
to implement more stringent requirements (and at least some states
already do exceed the Real ID standards by thumbprinting motorists
and/or requiring proof of name change). However, the Homeland
Security requirements themselves contains no mention of requiring
proof of marriages and divorces, requiring motorists to submit
to being fingerprinted, or inserting ID numbers into people.
9 April 2007 http://www.snopes.com/politics/traffic/realid.asp
DHS
Issues Proposal for States to Enhance Driver’s Licenses
- REAL ID
Proposed Guidelines: Questions & Answers
(Department
of Homeland Security)
- Sources:
Arnoldy, Ben. "Resistance Rises to US Law That Requires
Stricter ID Standards." Christian Science Monitor.
9 February 2007 (p. 1).
- Gaouette, Nicole. "National ID Requirements Postponed
Under Criticism." Los Angeles Times.
2 March 2007 (p. A16).
- Gledhill, Lynda. "Long Waits Looming for License
Renewals." San Francisco Chronicle.
24 July 2006.
- USA Today. "Time Running Out on Arguments
Against Real ID." 6 March 2007 (p. A12).
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