Why Fear National ID Cards?

Featured in 2001 in the New York Times Alan Dershowitzs article Why Fear National ID Cards? presents the subject of a National ID Card system being put to ingestion in the United States. The reason out behind such an idea is this, with the sacrifice of some of the individuals privacy a greater level of security, equality, and productivity can be achieved while discarding some of the insensitive and inefficient methods of identification we use today.A National ID Card consisting of a name, address, photo and fingerprint print would be the first national supply ID that would replace the high number variations of identification that are issued state by state. This would drastically decrease the chances of counterfeit by the use of a unified system and strict means of distribution. A more super ID will allow for accelerated wait times at high security locations such as airports, and for those who decline to show such an ID would be subjected to further security measures.The criter ia in which people are ask obtain or present identification would remain the same this allows for remnants of the old indemnity to remain in effect and further safe guards the citizens from a potential over stepping government. A more radical policy or criteria change could lead to an abuse of power or jumpstart similar non-popular policies to be acted on. It would as well as enable the rate of deportation of il healthy immigrants to increase along with providing a better means to legal immigrants to display their status to authorities.Rights are a function of experience, and our recent experiences teach that it is far too lite to be anonymous even to create a false identity in this large and change country (Barnet and Bedau). This point taken directly from the article puts into perspective the very real threat of the terrorism. Terrorist cover up amidst the general public, this is a concerning reality. No system can prevent all acts of terror but a National ID card with an embedded corresponding fingerprint can reduce the likely hood of the cosmea of false identities and catch those who are using the weaknesses of the current system to slip by unnoticed.Alan Dershowitzs stresses the immenseness of the elimination of the current trend of racial and ethnic stereotyping that acts as a countermeasure for possible threats to security. Improving polished liberties for these targeted groups is achieved by eliminating the need to target these groups in general. By utilizing security measures such as criminal-history retrieval systems and a corresponding fingerprint on the card itself we can remove the reason for profiling individuals due to their visual aspect alone.