After having sought for many years to implement the concept of secure identification. I am pleased to note that the time for successful action along these lines seems to be approaching quickly. Today I want to share with my colleagues recent correspondence between Father Theodore Hesburgh. president emeritus of the University of Notre Dame. and Doris Meissner. the new Commissioner of the Immigration and Naturalization Service. Father Hesburgh advocated an upgraded. counterfeit resistant Social Security card years ago when he chaired the Select Commission on Immigration and Refugee Policy. It is very significant that this great civil libertarian and former Chairman of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights continues to emphasize the importance of a noncounterfettable identification card. pointing out this would simplify the participation of employers in verifying work eligibility.
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