No Amnesty part 2

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Actually Jamo, we already have a fed pic ID. It's called a passport.

And I did not say a thumbprint instead of a photo, both would be used. It would not be all that difficult to swap a photo, but it would be impossible to fake if the information were stored in a location (the fed DB) that a forger did not have access to.

I will fully admit that I do not submit I9 info for others, nor do I know how long it takes to get back. I suspect that it is reasonable to think that our govenment plods along slower than desired. In a perfect world your solution would be just fine. Problem is, there are people out there would would love to get their hands on that kind of information. Have you heard of a thing called identity theft? Imagine what could happen to the companies you listed (many of whom have already been hacked) if they did have realtime access? It's not very elegant, but rm *.* could play havoc with the entire financial foundation.

The solution to that is not to give more people access to information that should be very tightly controlled - that is how fraud happens in the first place. The solution is to have a biometric that is not carried on the ID card, but that can be read and recorded live at the time of job application/hiring.

Your problem with what is in place now seems to be the time delay in processing the information. I'm sure better computers/networks would help, but so would an incentive for government workers to get the job done quickly and accurately instead of the current situation. Automatic raises are not the way to get people motivated. That is probably a topic for another thread.

Steve