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Mostly 5(r3w3d, which is the point.
> I would need some sort of ID card to open a bank account, so what would they give me and how would I get it ?

If your ID cannot be verified to federal standards, you may be issued a second tier (class) license. You can still drive a car, but it will not allow you to open a bank acct in the US though, or enter a federal building (like a Social Security office), board a plane, etc.

> If I were to use my original UK Birth Certificate how the heck would some poor clerk at the DMV know if it was real or not?


It will be required to be verified with the office of issuance. Could take days, if at all possible.

> I would bet that most of the terrorists that this bill is supposedly aimed at are also not American born. So, they bring in a fake Birth Certificate and get their ID card. Wonderful.

Not quite as easy; it would also require a corrupted official managing records at the location the false birth certificate claims them from. Still, not very difficult for well funded terrorist organizations.

> At least I have the ability to leave, although the UK is not exactly a beacon of democracy nowadays either. What a screwed up world we now live in.

If you can't board an airplane, how do you get back? Steamship? I agree the US has too much influence over the policies of other allied countries. Maybe you can go Swiss?
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It comes down to money  DarthRidiculous | 01/25/07
Hmmmm.  DarbyOhara | 01/25/07
What??  DarthRidiculous | 01/25/07
Rather Maine spend her money keeping the roads up  Laff | 01/26/07
Threaten to withhold their federal highway dollars...  Henrik Moller | 01/26/07
They should jsut stamp everyone's forehead  No_Ax_to_Grind | 01/27/07
Good for them!  Linux User 147560 | 01/25/07
What a shame they will not cooperate.  kda@... | 01/25/07
How will this stop "terrorists"?  Linux User 147560 | 01/25/07
Glad you're not in my state  IronLegs | 01/26/07
Yeah there a so many ripe targets in Maine...  Laff | 01/26/07
Ever heard the phrase "The cure is worse than the disease?"  BitTwiddler | 01/26/07
Do you really think  dwsmith | 01/26/07
What freedom do you give up?  voska | 01/26/07
And how long before you think that will start to happen?  Linux User 147560 | 01/26/07
They can do it now  voska | 01/26/07
hmm, let me see  dwsmith | 01/26/07
Nope...  Laff | 01/28/07
I guess I've seen just what they have now  voska | 01/28/07
THAT my friend is the problem in a nut shell....  Laff | 01/28/07
Doesn't stop anyone  voska | 01/26/07
naive fool  cerberus5 | 01/27/07
Doomed to repeat history  netuzer | 01/30/07
this isn't nazi germany  colyork | 03/18/07
$185 million  mrjonno | 01/26/07
Why is this kind of stuff even exceptable to talk about?  Laff | 01/26/07
Is it so cheap?  jsargent | 02/01/07
That's my HOME state born and raised in Maine!!!  Laff | 01/26/07
So, it was one of those 'Tack-On' Bills...  BitTwiddler | 01/26/07
Hmmmm...lets see we here in America are the richest  Laff | 01/26/07
I'm going to get one...  Cardinal_Bill | 01/26/07
This is a good move.  Dr_Zinj | 01/26/07
but there were American troops in the middle east before 911  stevey_d | 01/27/07
Maine ID Rejection  Al73 | 01/27/07
How about non Americans ?  magcomment | 01/28/07
Mostly 5(r3w3d, which is the point.  D-cat | 01/28/07
freedom over safety  contender92 | 02/20/07

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