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Andrea Joy Campbell: I have a warning to libertarians. Libertarians, please be worried, be very worried about a bill that creates, and I…

On the recordJuly 30, 1998
I have a warning to libertarians. Libertarians, please be worried, be very worried about a bill that creates, and I quote, ``. . . the Attorney General shall specify . . . an available secondary verification process . . . to provide final confirmation,'' regarding citizenship status. I do not see how this can be done without a new federal record system on individuals. ``Secondary'' means if one cannot prove citizenship by INS records, cannot prove it by Social Security records. I do not see how this can lead to anything but a national I.D. system. That is in the gentleman's amendment. Therefore, I oppose it.
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Andrea Joy Campbell
Massachusetts

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Addressing concerns about a bill related to citizenship verification and its implications for a national ID system.

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