{"id":1543,"date":"2007-05-01T12:00:55","date_gmt":"2007-05-01T12:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/multiracial.com\/wp\/?p=1543"},"modified":"2017-02-03T16:47:30","modified_gmt":"2017-02-03T16:47:30","slug":"forty-three-groups-announce-national-real-id-public-campaign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/multiracial.com\/index.php\/2007\/05\/01\/forty-three-groups-announce-national-real-id-public-campaign\/","title":{"rendered":"FORTY-THREE GROUPS ANNOUNCE NATIONAL REAL ID PUBLIC CAMPAIGN"},"content":{"rendered":"

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE\r\nMay 1, 2007\r\n\r\nContact:\r\nMelissa Ngo\r\nDirector, EPIC Identification and Surveillance Project\r\n(202) 483-1140 ext. 123\r\nngo AT epic.org\r\n\r\n              \t\r\n\t  FORTY-THREE GROUPS ANNOUNCE NATIONAL REAL ID PUBLIC CAMPAIGN \r\n\t\t              \r\nWASHINGTON, DC - Today, 43 organizations representing transpartisan,\r\nnonpartisan, privacy, consumer, civil liberty, civil rights, and\r\nimmigrant organizations have joined to launch a national campaign to\r\nsolicit public comments to stop the nation's first national ID system:\r\nREAL ID.\r\n\r\nThe groups joining in the anti-REAL ID campaign are concerned about the\r\nincreased threat of counterfeiting and identity theft, lack of security\r\nto protect against unauthorized access to the document's machine\r\nreadable content, increased cost to taxpayers, diverting of state funds\r\nintended for homeland security, increased costs for obtaining a license\r\nor state issued ID card, and because the REAL ID would create a false\r\nbelief that it is secure and unforgeable.\r\n\r\nThis effort builds on the momentum that is signaling broad opposition to\r\nthe REAL ID in the states. Montana has become the fifth state, following\r\nMaine, Idaho, Arkansas, and Washington, to prohibit cooperation with the\r\nDepartment of Homeland Security in implementing the REAL ID national\r\nidentification system.\r\n\r\nUnder the Act, states and federal government would share access to a\r\nvast national database that could include images of birth certificates,\r\nmarriage licenses, divorce papers, court ordered separations, medical\r\nrecords, and detailed information on the name, date of birth, race,\r\nreligion, ethnicity, gender, address, telephone, e-mail address, Social\r\nSecurity Number for more than 240 million with no requirements or\r\ncontrols on how this database might be used. Many may not have the\r\ndocuments required to obtain a REAL ID, or they may face added\r\nrequirements base on arbitrary and capricious decisions made by DMV\r\nemployees.\r\n\r\nEPIC joins this group of 43 organizations in a fight against the\r\nnational identification system created by the Department of Homeland\r\nSecurity. \"Make no mistake, this is a national identification system\r\nthat will affect your everyday life,\" said Melissa Ngo, Director of\r\nEPIC's Identification and Surveillance Project. \"Critics of the REAL ID\r\nscheme are called anti-security, but it is not anti-security to reject a\r\nnational identification system that will harm our national security and\r\nmake it easier for criminals to pretend to be law-abiding Americans.\"\r\n\r\nThe draft regulations to implement the REAL ID Act are open for comment\r\nuntil 5 p.m. EST on May 8, 2007. To take action and submit comments\r\nagainst the fundamentally flawed national identification scheme, under\r\nDocket No. 2006-0030-0001.\r\n\r\n\r\nOnline: Through the public submission portal at:\r\n\r\n     http:\/\/www.regulations.gov<\/a>\r\n\r\nOr use one of the more user-friendly sites found at the following web\r\naddresses:\r\n\r\nEFF:\r\n\r\n     https:\/\/secure.eff.org\/site\/Advocacy?JServSessionIdr007=jursz5zko3.\r\napp13b&cmd=display&page=UserAction&id=287<\/a>\r\n\r\nPrivacy Activism:\r\n\r\n     http:\/\/stoprealid.privacyactivism.org\/wiki\/index.php?title=\r\nInstructions_for_filing_comments<\/a>\r\n\r\nTo Fax Comments to the Department of Homeland Security:  \r\n\r\nElectronic Frontier Foundation:\r\n\r\n     http:\/\/action.eff.org\/site\/Advocacy?id=287<\/a>\r\n     \r\nPrivacy Coalition:\r\n\r\n     http:\/\/www.privacycoalition.org\/stoprealid\/sampletext.html<\/a> \r\n     \r\nOr send a letter to the agency. Fax: 1-866-466-5370.\r\n\r\nPostal mail:\r\nDepartment of Homeland Security\r\nAttn: NAC 1-12037\r\nWashington, DC  20528\r\n\r\nAll comments must be received by until 5:00 PM EST on May 8, 2007.\r\n\r\nVisit the Stop REAL ID Campaign site: \r\n\r\n     http:\/\/www.privacycoalition.org\/stoprealid<\/a>\r\n\r\nVisit EPIC's National ID Cards and REAL ID Act page: \r\n\r\n     http:\/\/www.epic.org\/privacy\/id_cards\/<\/a>\r\n\r\n\r\nList of all of the Groups Supporting this Campaign:\r\n\r\nAmerican Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations\r\nAmerican Library Association\r\nAmerican Policy Center\r\nAmerican-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee\r\nAssociation of American Physicians & Surgeons\r\nBill of Rights Defense Committee\r\nCenter for Digital Democracy\r\nCenter for Financial Privacy and Human Rights\r\nCitizen Outreach Project.\r\nCitizens Against Government Waste\r\nCommon Cause\r\nComputing Professionals for Social Responsibility\r\nConsumer Action\r\nDownsizeDC.org\r\nElectronic Frontier Foundation\r\nElectronic Privacy Information Center\r\nFairfax County Privacy Council\r\nGive Me Back My Rights Coalition\r\nGovernment Accountability Project\r\nGun Owners of America\r\nImmigrant Workers Union\r\nLeadership Conference on Civil Rights\r\nLiberty Coalition\r\nNational Center for Transgender Equality\r\nNational Council of Jewish Women\r\nNational Council of La Raza\r\nNational Gay and Lesbian Task Force\r\nNational Immigration Law Center\r\nOpenCarry.org\r\nParents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays\r\nPatient Privacy Rights Foundation\r\nPeople for the American Way\r\nPrivacy Activism\r\nPrivacy Rights Clearinghouse\r\nPrivacy Times\r\nRepublican Liberty Caucus\r\nRutherford Institute, The\r\nThe Arc of the United States United Cerebral Palsy\r\nThe Multiracial Activist\r\nUS Bill of Rights Foundation\r\nVirginia Citizens Defense League\r\nVirginia Gun Owners Coalition\r\nWorld Privacy Forum<\/pre>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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