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I urge you to reverse the Department of Homeland Security’s requirement that enhanced driver’s licenses include vicinity radio frequency identification (RFID) technology. I specifically ask the Department to cease demanding that Michigan include RFID chips in its enhanced driver’s licenses.
I have been informed that the RFID chips in these driver’s licenses would contain unique numbers that Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers could scan from 20 to 30 feet away. These numbers would allow CBP to identify all of the occupants within a vehicle with one scan.
I am deeply concerned about the privacy implications of mandatory RFIDs in driver’s licenses. The chips would give public and private entities an unprecedented ability to track Americans. RFIDs can be read using widely available technology, including technology contained in mobile phones, which increases the risk of identity theft. Furthermore, if RFIDs were to become ubiquitous, there is little doubt that private entities would deploy new technology to capture the chips’ data.
Congress never has required RFIDs to be installed in driver’s licenses. Current federal law states only that “standards for common machine-readable identity information [are] to be included on each driver’s license or personal identification card, including defined minimum data elements.” This mandate could be satisfied by issuing driver’s licenses with magnetic strips, for example.
The people of Michigan oppose the new requirement. The Michigan state House and Senate each unanimously approved a resolution calling on DHS to address privacy concerns related to the federal mandate. And Michigan’s Secretary of State has asked the Department for the flexibility to issue secure driver’s licenses without RFIDs.
I believe we can find a solution that both satisfies federal law and protects our civil liberties. Please work with Michigan officials to adopt an alternative to mandatory RFIDs.
Sincerely,
/s/
Justin Amash
Member of Congress
FYI to those who don't know Amash. Amash is a liberty minded congressman and endorsed Ron Paul for president.
The federal government is becoming more and more opressive in bossing around states to do things they don't want to do, and by shredding the constitution. I would urge folks to look into the process of nullification.
FYI to those who don't know Amash. Amash is a liberty minded congressman and endorsed Ron Paul for president.
The federal government is becoming more and more opressive in bossing around states to do things they don't want to do, and by shredding the constitution. I would urge folks to look into the process of nullification.
Enhanced driver's licenses are de facto passports for land-based points of entry into the U.S. That makes it a matter of state over which the federal government has clear and obvious jurisdiction. Nobody in Michigan or any other border state that issues EDLs is required to get one. If you don't want a federal-government-approved RFID driver's licence, get the regular ol' non-enhanced version.
I was just thinking what a nice little cottage industry that would become, hopefully Made in Amereica and creating jobs
They already make some things like that as identity thiefs can read info off some types of cards that are already out there including credit cards, passports and so forth.
FYI- There have been speeding tix issued in some northeastern states because the driver tripped through consecutive toll booths and the time/distance clearly proved he'd averaged a MUCH higher than allowable speed limit.
So, if you were out zipping around some night...might make sense to tuck your toll tag away and just pay cash in places.
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