I do not believe that the issue of whether our Government should develop a new nationwide identification system for keeping track of everyone who is eligible to work in this country is one that we should leave to the President to resolve alone. There are four major reasons for supporting the current language of H.R. 1510 regarding the ID system. First. the premise underlying this immigration bill is that the Congress has a responsibility to establish longterm policy concerning immigration and refugee matters. If that is the premise on which we are proceeding. it would be totally inconsistent for us to abdicate responsibility for deciding whether our immigration policy should include a costly new national identification system with substantial and unpredictable consequences for civil liberties. This is not a matter that we should leave to the President alone to decide. We should decide it in the Congress only after a thorough study of all aspects of the issue.
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