I got a very disturbing email from Campaign for Liberty today about an obscure bill that purports to replace the paper I-9 immigration verification system with a computerized E-Verify one:
Last Tuesday, the House Judiciary Committee voted on and passed the so-called “Legal Workforce Act,” H.R. 1147.
This legislation creates a mandatory National ID system requiring all Americans to carry a government-approved ID containing “biometric features.”
You will be required to show this ID to any potential employer so they can verify your identity in a federal database . . .
And confirm that you have federal permission to hold a job.
Now I do not believe every word in an email or on the Internet. But I did verify it and they are mostly right. Here’s the legislation text from the US Congress and below are several interesting paragraphs (written in fluent legalese) with my translation below:
``(A) Attestation after examination of
documentation.--
``(i) Attestation.--During the verification
period (as defined in subparagraph (E)), the
person or entity shall attest, under penalty of
perjury and on a form, including electronic and
telephonic formats, designated or established
by the Secretary by regulation not later than 6
months after the date of the enactment of the
Legal Workforce Act, that it has verified that
the individual is not an unauthorized alien
by--
``(I) obtaining from the individual
the individual's social security
account number and recording the number
on the form (if the individual claims
to have been issued such a number),
and, if the individual does not attest
to United States nationality under
subparagraph (B), obtaining such
identification or authorization number
established by the Department of
Homeland Security for the alien as the
Secretary of Homeland Security may
specify, and recording such number on
the form; and
``(II) examining--
``(aa) a document relating
to the individual presenting it
described in clause (ii); or
``(bb) a document relating
to the individual presenting it
described in clause (iii) and a
document relating to the
individual presenting it
described in clause (iv).
This law says: Any employer (after a certain time) must verify electronically the ability to legally work in the United States using a document that either one, verifies BOTH employment status and identity [clause (ii)] or a document that verifies employment status [clause (iii)] and a second document that verifies identity [clause (iv)].
Harmless enough. So far, Campaign for Liberty is not correct. BUT, see this little gem:
``(v) Authority to prohibit use of certain
documents.--If the Secretary of Homeland
Security finds, by regulation, that any
document described in clause (i), (ii), or
(iii) as establishing employment authorization
or identity does not reliably establish such
authorization or identity or is being used
fraudulently to an unacceptable degree, the
Secretary may prohibit or place conditions on
its use for purposes of this paragraph.
This paragraph says DHS can decide what employment documents [clause (ii) and clause (iii)] are legal to use. And US companies and businesses MUST use those documents and ONLY those documents.
Guess what – one of the documents specifically authorized in clause (ii) is a BIOMETRIC ID CARD (emphasis added):
``(VI) other document designated by
the Secretary of Homeland Security, if
the document--
``(aa) contains a
photograph of the individual
and biometric identification
data from the individual and
such other personal identifying
information relating to the
individual as the Secretary of
Homeland Security finds, by
regulation, sufficient for
purposes of this clause;
``(bb) is evidence of
authorization of employment in
the United States; and
``(cc) contains security
features to make it resistant
to tampering, counterfeiting,
and fraudulent use.
Since every employer must use a document from clause (ii) or a document each from clause (iii) and (iv) and then DHS can say: In order to meet the E-Verify standard you MUST USE the BIOMETRIC ID CARD. Campaign for Liberty is largely right. It won’t HAVE TO be enacted right away. But it will for sure. This is scary for another reason: It is the beginning of the Mark of the Beast.
A biometric ID card is one that uses some sort of body image to verify identity. See this definition from the Electronic Frontier Foundation (emphasis added):
Many countries are now “modernizing” their ID databases to include biometric identifiers that authenticate or verify identity based on physical characteristics such as fingerprints, iris, face and palm prints, gait, voice and DNA.
So under this law – the Federal Government can require a biometric ID card to verify employment. In effect control legal employment in the US. Let me put it bluntly: You can’t work legally without the DHS issued ID card.
If this sounds familiar try this:
“And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name…” Revelation 14:17 (KJV)
Note by the way: it is not necessary the number (cited in the next verse as 666) be on the person’s hand. But here are the Republicans in Congress, under the guise of “enforcing the immigration laws” causing all law-abiding persons to show they are legally able to work – in order to work in the US. This bill is going to place in American law the precursor of the Mark of the Beast. It is thus unacceptable. Evangelicals should arise up and say NO.
We have an excellent I-9 system if enforced. Simply audit random employers with enough frequency and maybe the first non-compliant give a break but strictly fine (or in appropriate cases charge criminally) the next employers found in non-compliance. This biometric ID thing is dangerous and unnecessary. Tell your congressman and senator NO to the biometric ID card.
But before you do that, take time to ask the question that every follower of Jesus Christ knows the answer to: How did a guy who wrote Revelation nearly 2000 years ago know about biometric ID systems? It had to seem crazy for generations: The government will never require all to take a mark and through this control all commerce! As long as there is a dark alley or a quiet home, there will be buying and selling.
But with this new technology, it is possible. Or will be soon. The Apostle John might have just guessed well. Or he might have been told by Jesus Christ what will happen. And if so, you better be right with Jesus – or else – face terrible tribulation. I am not by the way a pre-trib rapture Christian. I think the rapture will occur when Jesus comes again after all have been forced to take sides – martyrdom or take the mark of the beast which means Hell for eternity:
“…them that had received the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image. They were both cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone. Revelation 19: 20 (KJV)
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Article written by: Elwood "Sandy" Sanders
About Elwood Sanders
Elwood "Sandy" Sanders is a Hanover attorney who is an Appellate Procedure Consultant for Lantagne Legal Printing and has written ten scholarly legal articles. Sandy was also Virginia's first Appellate Defender and also helped bring curling in VA! (None of these titles imply any endorsement of Sanders’ views)
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