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>> I AM PLEASED TODAY THAT WE
HAVE THE SECRETARY OF HOMELAND
SECURITY, MICHAEL CHERTOFF.
>> THAT IS WHAT YOU CALL AN
INTRODUCTION THAT A SHORT AND
SWEET.
THANK YOU.
THANK YOU FOR HOSTING THE HERE
AND HAPPY NEW YEAR TO EVERYBODY.
ONE OF THE BIGGEST CONCERNS THAT
WE HAVE HAD FOR THE LAST SEVERAL
YEARS AND C
ONTINUE TO HAVE AT
THE DEPARTMENT OF, AND SECURITY,
IS HOW DO WE PROMOTE A SECURE
FORM OF IDENTIFICATION ACROSS
AMERICA?
CONGRESS HAS PASSED THE REAL ID
ACT.
IT PROVIDES THAT WE HAVE THE
OBLIGATION TO SET UNIFORM
SECURITY STANDARDS FOR THE
ISSUANCE OF STATE DRIVERS
LICENSES.
WHEN WE WENT BACK AND
INVESTIGATED THE 9/11 ATTACKS,
WE FOUND THAT ALL BUT ONE OF THE
HIJACKERS CARRIED A GOVERNMENT
ISSUED IDENTIFICATION FORM,
MOSTLY DRIVERS LICENSES.
THIS GOVERNMENT ISSUED ID HELPED
THE HIJACKERS ABOARD AND PRANKS
-- BOARD AIRPLANES.
THAT'S WHY THE 9/11
COMMISSION
RECOMMENDED THAT WE ENHANCE THE
SECURITY OF OUR DRIVERS LICENSE
S AS A COUNTER SECURITY MEASURE.
THAT IS WHY THERE ARE HIGHER
STANDARDS IN THE REAL ID ACT.
THAT'S ALSO WHY THE AMERICAN
PEOPLE
OVERWHELMINGLY TO SUPPORT
MORE SECURITY FOR DRIVERS
LICENSES.
THERE ARE THREE REASONS WHY
SECURED DRIVER'S LICENSES AND
SECURITY STANDARDS MAKE.
A LOT OF.
FIRST OF ALL, THERE IS A 9/11
COMMISSION
REPORT THAT NOTES OF
THAT IS AN ESSENTIAL WAY OF
ENSURING THAT PEOPLE ARE WHO
THEY SAY THEY ARE, AND
THEREFORE, THIS KIND OF
IDENTIFICATION GIVES US A
TREMENDOUS TOOL IN PREVENTING
DANGEROUS PEOPLE FROM GETTING ON
AIRPLANES OR GETTING INTO
FEDERAL BUILDINGS.
SECURE IDENTIFICATION HAPPENS TO
BE A VERY GOOD WAY TO PREVENT
ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS FROM
ATTENDING TO BE AMERICAN
CITIZENS, SO THEY CAN WORK
ILLEGALLY IN THIS COUNTRY.
MAKE NO MISTAKE ABOUT IT,
IDENTITY FRAUD AMONG ILLEGAL
IMMIGRANTS IS A SERIOUS PROBLEM.
IT HARMS THE LEGAL WORKER, IT TO
SEIZE THE HONEST EMPLOYER, AND
IT DESTROYS THE PRIVACY AND GOOD
CREDIT OF INNOCENT AMERICANS
EVERY YEAR.
DURING FISCAL YEAR 2007, WE WERE
CONDUCTING WORKSITE ENFORCEMENT
OPERATIONS, ENFORCING THE
IMMIGRATION LAWS.
OUR AGENTS MADE A HUNDRED 63
CRIMINAL REST.
THEY ENDED UP CHARGING MORE THAN
500 INDIVIDUALS WITH STATE AND
FEDERAL DOCUMENT FRAUD C
RIMES,
INCLUDING IDENTITY THEFT.
SECURE IDENTIFICATION PROJECTS
ALL OF US FROM THE PERNICIOUS
PLAGUE OF.
IDENTITY.
LAST YEAR OF, ARE SECRET
SURFACED ARRESTED
SEVERAL
SUSPECTS, INCLUDING ILLEGAL AND
LEGAL WORKERS FOR IDENTITY
EFT STUDY.
IS SHOW THAT ROUGHLY 35% OF
THESE KINDS
OF FRAUD CASES
INVOLVE THE USE OF FRAUDULENT
DRIVER'S LICENSES, OR PHONY
STATE ID CARDS.
2005, ACCORDING TO THE FTC,
IDENTITY FRAUD COST AMERICAN
HOUSEHOLDS $64 BILLION.
28% OF THOSE INCIDENTS LIKELY
INVOLVE THE USE OF PHONY DRIVERS
LICENSE.
THERE ARE THREE CATEGORIES OF
PEOPLE THAT WILL BE VERY UNHAPPY
ABOUT SECURED DRIVERS LICENSES.
TERRORIST
S, ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS
WHO WANT TO WORK IN THIS COUNTRY
BY PRETENDING TO BE AMERICAN
CITIZENS, CON MEN.
WE WILL DISAPPOINT ALL THREE
CATEGORIES OF THESE PEOPLE BY
ANNOUNCING TODAY'S FINAL REAL
ID ACT FOR DRIVER'S LICENSES.
WE ARE PUBLISHING TODAY THE
FINAL RULE THAT WILL LAY OUT
UNIFORM SECURITY STANDARDS FOR
DRIVERS LICENSES AND STATE
IDENTIFICATION CAR
DS.
LET ME TELL YOU WHAT THE MAJOR
FEATURES WILL BE.
UNDER THE RULE, PEOPLE SEEKING
DRIVER'S LICENSES MUST PROVIDE
TO THEIR STATE DEPARTMENT OF
MOTOR VEHICLES, DOCUMENTS THAT
PROVE WHO THEY ARE, AND PROVE
THAT THEY'
'RE HERE IN THIS
COUNTRY LEGALLY THIS.
IS A MAJOR STEP FORWARD IN
PREVENTING ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS
FROM GETTING DRIVERS LICENSES
THE.
DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLE
OFFICES MUST VERIFY THAT THE
DOCUMENTS THERE BEEN PRESENTED
WITH ARE LEGITIMATE, AND THEY
HAVE TO TAKE STEPS TO PROTECT
THEIR OWN OPERATIONS AND THEIR
OWN DATABASES FROM IDENTITY
FRAUD.
LICENSES ISSUED BY STATES NOW
MUST MEET TAMPERPROOF SPECIFIC
STANDARDS THAT WILL MAKE IT
MUCH
HARDER TO COUNTERFEIT OR ALTER A
SECURE DRIVERS LICENSE.
STATES HAVE TO WORK TOGETHER TO
ENSURE THAT INDIVIDUALS ARE NOT
ABLE TO OBTAIN DRIVERS LICENSE
FROM MULTIPLE STATES IN AN
IMPROPER MANNER.
LET ME GIVE YOU SOME CONCRETE
EXAMPLES OF HOW THE STANDARDS
WILL WORK.
FOR FAR TOO LONG, PEOPLE WHO
CAME INTO THIS COUNTRY UNDER A
LAWFUL BE SET AND THEN OVERSTAY
THAT VISA, WERE ABLE
TO OBTAIN
DRIVERS LICENSE THAT CONTINUED
TO BE VALID AFTER THE EXPIRATION
DATE OF THE ORIGINAL VISA.
THIS MEANT THAT PEOPLE THAT
OVERSTAYED THEIR VISAS HAD A
FORM OF DOCUMENTATION THAT MADE
IT SEEM TO BE INNOCENT OBSERVER
THAT THEY
WERE HERE IN THE
COUNTRY LEGALLY UNDER.
TODAY'S RULE, WE WILL PUT A STOP
TO THAT.
BY THE END OF 2009, IF YOU HAVE
ILLEGALLY OVERSTAY YOUR VISA,
YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO GET A
REAL ID COMPLIANT DRIVER'S
LICENSE.
THERE
REMAIN A FEW STATES THAT
WHEN PRESENTED WITH A SORE
SECURITY NUMBER BY AN APPLICANT
FOR DRIVERS' LICENSES, DO NOT
CHECK TO MAKE SURE THE NUMBER IS
GENUINE.
AS A RESULT OF REAL ID, ROSE TO
CREATE PHONY SOCIA
L SECURITY
NUMBERS WILL NOT RISK GETTING
CAUGHT AT THE DMV.
OUR RULE REQUIRES THAT THE DMV
CHECK SOCIAL SECURITY DATABASES
TO MAKE SURE THAT THE NUMBER
PRESENTED IS GENUINE.
FRAUDULENT DOCUMENTS AT THE DMV
OFFICE WALL TRYING TO GET A
LICENSE, YOU MIGHT BE TURNED
AWAY, AND THEN YOU COULD GO DOWN
THE ROAD TO THE NEXT DMV, OR THE
NEXT DATE, AND TRY AGAIN.
UNDER TODAY'S RULES, DMV
EMPLOYEES ARE GOING TO REQUIRE
THAT YOU
TAKE YOUR PHOTOGRAPH AS
E FIRST OF THE APPLICATION
PROCESS.
AS SOON AS YOU SET FOOT INSIDE
THE DOOR.
IF WE DISCOVER, OR THE DMV
WORKERS DISCOVER THAT YOU HAVE
SUBMITTED FRAUDULENT DOCUMENTS,
YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO
TRY IT
AGAIN DOWN THE ROAD.
WILL HAVE A RECORD AT THE DMV AT
THE FACT THAT YOU TRIED AND
FAILED TO GET A DRIVERS LICENSE.
THESE ARE VERY IMPORTANT.
OUR BURDENS INVOLVED.
MANY OF THE STATES HAVE ALREADY
BEGUN TO TAKE STEPS TO SECURE
IDENTIFICATION.
OTHERS EXPRESSED CONCERN ABOUT
THE PROCESS AND COST OF THESE
MEASURES, AND WHETHER THEY WERE
DOABLE WITHIN THE TIME ALLOTTED,
WITHOUT
UNDUE EXPENSE.
HAVE ADDRESSED THESE CONCERNS.
WE HAVE TAKEN STEPS, IN RESPONSE
TO A LOT OF COMMENTS, ABOUT
21,002, SIMPLIFY THE BUSINESS
PROCESS,
TO GIVE THE STATES MORE
FLEXIBILITY IN TERMS OF THE KIND
OF SECURITY FEATURES THAT WILL
SATISFY THE REQUIREMENTS, AND TO
EXTEND TO THE PERIOD OF AN IV
PEOPLE OVER THE AGE OF 50, SO AS
TO ALLOW THE BUSINESS PROCESS TO
WORK IN A MORE ORDERLY AND MORE
EXTENDED FASHION.
THE NET RESULT OF THESE CHANGES,
WHICH DO NOT SACRIFICE THE CORE
SECURITY FEATURES OF THE NEW
REAL ID DRIVERS LICENSE IS THAT
WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO REDUCE
COST
TO THE STATES BY APPROXIMATELY
THREE-QUARTERS.
AT WILL BE ALLOWING THEM A
GREATER FLEXIBILITY FOR THEIR
OWN BUSINESS PROCESSES.
ORDER TO DO THAT, ONE MAJOR
CHANGE IN THE MAKING FOR
AMERICANS 50
YEARS OR OLDER, IS
EXPANDING THEIR ENROLLMENT
DEADLINE FROM -- THREE YEARS.
WE HAVE BUILT A SERIES OF
MILESTONES, WHICH THE STATES CAN
MEET
, IT WILL PUT THEM IN A
GENTLE, BUT EXPEDITIOUS DIED
PAST TO GET THE JOB DONE WAS.
WILL THE COST THE?
WE ESTIMATE THAT THE AVERAGE
COST FOR ISSUING A REAL ID
DRIVERS
LICENSE IS ABOUT EIGHT
DOLLARS PER LICENSE.
IF YOU ARE IN A STATE THAT
ISSUES A FOUR YEAR LICENSE, YOU
WILL PAY A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN
TWO DOLLARS A YEAR IN ORDER TO
HAVE A DRIVERS LICENSE AND
VALIDATE YOUR IDENTITY, P
ROVES
YOU'RE IN THE COUNTRY LEGALLY,
AND IS SECURE FROM BEING
COUNTERFEITED.
I KNOW I SPEAK FOR MOST
AMERICANS WHEN I SAY THAT TWO
DOLLARS IS A VERY SMALL PRICE TO
PAY FOR INCREASED CONFIDENCE
THAT YOU'LL BE SAFE WHEN YOU GET
ON AN AIRPLANE OR WHEN, YOU WALK
INTO A FEDERAL BUILDING AND THE,
CONFIDENCE THAT YOUR IDENTITY
WILL NOT BE STOLEN.
THE CONFIDENCE THAT A LEGAL
IMMIGRANTS WILL NOT BE ABLE TO
PRETEND TO BE AMERICANS BY USING
PHONY DOCUMENTATION THAT.
IS
WHY WE THINK THIS IS A FAIR
BALANCE BETWEEN IMPORTANT
SECURITY MEASURES AND THE NEED
TO MAKE SURE WE'RE COST-
EFFECTIVE IN WHAT WE DO.
.
BEFORE I TAKE QUESTIONS, LET ME
BRIEFLY RESPOND TO OBJECTIONS
THAT I SOMETIMES
HEAR RAISED BY
CIVIL LIBERTARIANS ABOUT REAL
ID PARTICULAR, LAID THE ARGUMENT
THAT SOMEHOW REAL ID IS GOING TO
IMPAIR OUR PRIVACY.
MOST OF THESE OBJECTIONS ARE
GROUNDED IN MISINFORMATION.
AS THE CLARIFY SOME
THINGS.
WILL NOT HAVE A NATIONAL
DATABASE.
REAL ID IS NOT REQUIRE THAT
STATES START TO COLLECT
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FROM
APPLICANTS THAT THEY HAVE NOT
ALREADY CREATED.
AERONAUT GOING TO WIND UP MAKING
THIS INFORMATION AVAILABLE
WILLY-
NILLY.
IN FACT, THE STEPS WE'RE TAKING
ONE HANDS AND PROTECT PRIVACY,
RATHER THAN DEGRADE PRIVACY.
AMONG THE THINGS WE'RE DOING
UNDER REAL ID, IS REQUIRING THA
T
THE STATE MOTOR VEHICLE AGENCIES
HAVE IN PLACE BACKGROUND
CHECKS AND SECURITY PLANS FOR
THEIR DATABASES.
AGAIN AND AGAIN, WE HAVE SEEN
CORRUPTION AT MOTOR
VEHICLE
AGENCIES, LEADING TO PEOPLE
IMPROPERLY DISSEMINATING
PERSONAL INFORMATION THESE.
SECURITY PLANS AND THESE
BACKGROUND CHECKS WILL MINIMIZE
THE RISK THAT EMPLOYEES WILL AND
PROBABLY TAKE THAT INFORMATION
AND DISSEMINATED.
.
-- IT.
WHAT WE ARE DOING IS USING THE
EXISTING NETWORK OF DATABASES,
USING INFORMATION ALREADY HELD
AND COLLECTED BY STATE AGENCIES,
AND BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT,
TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE CANNOT
PRESENT
PHONY IDENTIFICATION BY
CHECKING OUT IDENTIFICATION
AGAINST THE ORIGINAL DATABASE.
IF SOMEBODY TRIES TO PRESENT A
PHONY PASSPORT, AND SUBSTITUTES
A PICTURE OF THEMSELVES, BY
CHECKING THAT PASSPORT AGAINST
THE DATA BASE THAT WE HAVE
AT
THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE, WE CAN
SEE THERE'S A DIFFERENCE IN THE
PHOTOGRAPH AND WE CAN DETECT A
POTENTIAL IDENTITY THIEF.
THAT IS A STEP FORWARD IN TERMS
OF PRIVACY.
WE COME TO THE CORE QUESTION --
IS IT SOMEHOW AN INVASION OF
PRIVACY TO REQUIRE THAT WHEN
PEOPLE PRESENT IDENTIFICATION TO
COME TO A BUILDING, OR TO GET ON
AN AIRPLANE, THAT THAT
IDENTIFICATION BE GENUINE AND
VALID?
YOU COULD MAKE THE
ARGUMENT -- I
WOULD NOT MAKE IT BUT -- YOU CAN
MAKE THE ARGUMENT THAT YOU
SHOULD HAVE THE RIGHT TO GET ON
AN AIRPLANE WITHOUT TELLING
ANYONE WHO THEY ARE, AND IT IS
WRONG FOR US TO CHECK A WATCH
LIST.
IF THAT IS YOUR POSITION, YOU
ARE AGAINST ALL IDENTIFICATION.
AS I SAY, THAT DOES NOT MAKE
SENSE.
GIVEN THAT WE DO HAVE A GENERAL
CONSENSUS THAT IT IS APPROPRIATE
TO ASK PEOPLE FOR IDENTIFIED TO
IDENTIFY -- THEMSELVES, I ASK
WHAT IS MAKING IT EASY TO FORCE
THAT IDENTIFICATION, OR TO
IMPERSONATE SOMEBODY, OR TO LIE
ABOUT WHO YOU ARE?
I'M STILL WAITING TO HEAR THE
ACLU, OR SOMEBODY ELSE, EXPLAIN
WHY WE ARE BETTER OFF AS A
SOCIETY OF SOMEONE PRESENTS A
DRIVERS LICENSE GET ON AN
AIRPLANE, THEY CAN PRETEND TO BE
SOMEONE ELSE, OR THEY CAN LIE
ABOUT THEIR IDENTITY.
FOR THAT IS GOOD TO
HAVE ILLEGAL
IMMIGRANTS PRETEND TO BE
AMERICAN CITIZENS BY STEALING
SOMEONE ELSE'S IDENTITY.
AND THEY CAN MAKE THE CASE AND
PERSUADE PEOPLE, THEN MAYBE
PEOPLE WILL PUSH BACK AGAINST
THIS.
AT THE END OF THE DAY, THERE'S
NO ARGUMENT IN FAVOR AND SECURE
IDENTIFICATION -- SECURE
IDENTIFICATION.
THERE IS NO ARGUMENT FOR MAKING
IT EASY FOR SOMEONE TO STEAL MY
IDENTITY.
ANYBODY WHO LOOKS AT THIS IN A
FAIR MINDED AND OBJECTIVE WAY
WILL SAY■ THAT WHAT WE ARE DOING
IN REAL ID IS TAKING A MAJOR
STEP FORWARD IN TERMS OF
PROTECTING PRIVACY, EVEN AS WE
PROTECT SECURITY.
I WOULD LIKE TO TALK ABOUT THE
PROCESS.
THIS IS NOT CONTRARY TO WHAT
SOME PEOPLE SAY, AT THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT DID FOOTING ITSELF ON
THE SPACE TRADED WE HAD A VERY
LENGTHY
PROCESS.
IT WAS A BACK-AND-FORTH PROCESS,
WITH THE STATE LEGISLATORS,
GOVERNORS, DMVS, A HOST OF
PEOPLE.
WE HAVE A GREAT DEAL OF
CONSULTATION.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE REGULATION WE
HAVE ISSUED AN PREPARED TO THE
ORIGINAL PROPOSAL, YOU WILL SEE
MEANINGFUL CHANGES.
THIS IS THE PRODUCT OF A LOT OF
CONSIDERATION, TAKING ON BOARD
GOOD IDEAS FROM THE STATE AND
SOME OF THE OTHER PEOPLE IN
THIS.
THERE COMES A POINT IN TIME WHEN
ALL THE DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS
HAS TO STOP.
WE ARE OVER SIX
YEARS FROM 9/11.
WE LIVE EVERY DAY WITH THE
PROBLEMS OF FALSE
IDENTIFICATION.
SIMPLY TAKING THIS PROBLEM DOWN
THE ROAD YEAR AFTER YEAR FOR
FURTHER DISCUSSION AND FOR THE
DEBATE IS A CONTEST IN
WASHINGTON OF SMOTHERING ANY
PROPOSAL WITH PROCESS.
WE HAVE GIVEN IT A FAIR PROCESS.
SOME PEOPLE PROBABLY THINK WE
GIVE IT TOO MUCH TIME.
TIME HAS COME TO BITE THE BULLET
AND GET THE KD OF SECURE
IDENTIFICATION THAT I AM
CONVINCED THE AMERICAN PUBLIC
WANTS TO HAVE.
I AM PREPARED TO DEFEND US
AGAINST CRITICISM.
AND BY PEOPLE, IF THEY WANT TO
RAISE PRIVACY ARGUMENTS, OR
OTHER ARGUMENTS.
-- ON THEM IN TO US.
I WIL
L ANSW.
TIME FOR STHERING THIS
IMPORTANT 9/11 COMMISSION
RECOMMENDATION WOULD UNLESS
PROCESS AND DISCUSSION IS OVER.
I'M DELIGHTED TO SAY THAT WE ARE
MOVING FORWARD.
WE EXPECT TO WORK WITH THE
STATES TO BEGIN THE FIRST OF
SEVEN IMPLANTATION A.
AS THE YEARS GO BY, THE
CONSEQUENCE OF THIS WILL BE A
MORE SECURE FORM OF
IDENTIFICATION, WHICH WILL
SERVE OUR HOMELAND SECURITY AND
OUR INDIVIDUAL CONCERNS ABOUT
PERSONAL PRIVACY.
I AM NOW HAPPY TO TAKE
QUESTIONS.
YOU HAVE TO WAIT FOR THE
MICROPHONE.
--
OR YOU COULD LINE UP OVER
HERE.
>> AS LONG AS ONE STATE DOES NOT
COMPLY WITH THE REGULATIONS, CAN
THIS REGULATION THE SUCCESSFUL?
>>
UNDER THE LAW, WE ARE
REQUIRED BY MAY OF THIS YEAR TO
HAVE STATES COME INTO COMPLIANCE
WITH REAL ID, ALSO DECLINED TO
ACCEPT THE STATES DRIVERS
LICENSES FOR GETTING ON AN
AIRPLANE OR A INTO A FEDERAL
BUILDING.
IT DOES NOT ALLOW US TO WEIGH
THAT, WITH RESPECT TO ANY STATE
THAT IS COMING INTO COMPLIANCE
WITH REAL ID.
WE ARE CREATING A PATH FOR THE
STATES TO GET WAIVERS, AS THEY
BEGAN THE PROCESS OF OF
IMPLEMENTING THE REAL ID
REGULATIONS.
ALL THEY NEED TO DO IS INDICATE
THAT THEY WILL BEGIN THE
PROCESS.
HAVE A SERIES OF MILESTONES TO
MAKE SURE WE MOVE FORWARD IN A
DISCIPLINED WAY.
40% OF THE PEOPLE IN THIS
COUNTRY ALREADY LIVE IN STATES
WHICH HAVE BEGUN THE PROCESS OF
MOVING TOWARD REAL ID.
MANY MORE STATES WILL BE JOINING
AS SOON AS WE GET THESE
REGULATIONS OUT.
I SAY THAT BECAUSE WE HAVE HAD A
LOT OF DISCUSSION ABOUT THESE
ISSUES.
IF A STATE WERE TO OPT OUT, THE
LAW IS VERY CLEAR.
AFTER MAY OF THIS YEAR, THAT
STATES DRIVERS LICENSES WILL NO
LONGER BE ACCEPTABLE AS A FORM
OF IDENTIFICATION TO GET ON AN
AIRPLANE OR INTO A FEDERAL
BU.
AS WITH THE LAW REQUIRES.
I'M GOING TO OBEY THE LAW.
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>>
GOOD QUESTION.
IF YOU HAVE STATES THAT DECLINED
TO PARTICIPATE IN REAL ID, THEY
MAY FIND IT BECOME A MAGNET FOR
ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS AND THE
IMMIGRANTS TO GO TO GET THOSE
STATE DRIVERS LICENSES BECAUSE
THEY SEE THOSE AS THE ONLY WAY
THEY CAN COME UP WITH
ID TO WORK
AND STAY IN THE COUNTRY.
MAYBE THE PUBLIC AND THOSE
STATES WILL THINK THAT IS A
GREAT IDEA.
I WILL BE CURIOUS TO SEE THE
REACTION.
EVERYTHING I'VE SEEN PUBLICLY
IS PUBLIC CONCERN ABOUT PEOPLE
HERE ILLEGALLY USING DOCUMENTS
TO THE
SILICATE THEIR STEADY --
AND THAT IS ESPECIALLY TRUE WHEN
THE DOCUMENTS THEY'RE USING OUR
PHONY DOCUMENTS, ARE DOCUMENTS
THAT MISREPRESENT WITH THEIR
LEGAL STATUS IS.
>> MR. SECRETARY, YOU MENTIONED
THE COST OF STOLEN IDEAS IS $64
BILLION.
LEGAL OR ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS COST
ONLY 1% OF THAT.
YOU SEEMED TO EMPHASIZE THAT THE
MAIN DANGER HERE ARE THE ILLEGAL
IMMIGRANTS, IN T
ERMS OF ID
THEFT.
>> I'M NOT EMPHASIZING ONE OR
THE OTHER.
THE MOST IMPORTANT THING FROM
OUR POINT OF VIEW IS TERRORISM.
THE CONCERN ABOUT IDENTIFICATION
WAS BORN OUT OF THE NEED TO MAKE
SURE THAT WHEN WE PUT SOMEONE
ON A WATCH LIST TO KEEP SOMEONE
OFF AN AIRPLANE, THAT WE CAN
DETERMINE WHETHER SOMEONE IS
SNEAKING ON USING ANOTHER
PERSON'S IDENTITY.
THAT IS THE FIRST PRIORITY.
THE OTHER PARTIES FOLLOW, AS
WELL.
HAVING ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS USING
PHONY DOCUMENTS THE -- THAT IS A
PRIORITY.
I AM NOT SUGGESTING THAT MOST
ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS.
DO IT TO RIP.
-- DO IT TO RIP PEOPLE OFF.
THESE ARE ALL CONCERNS.
>>
YOU SAID THAT YOU ARE NOT
COLLECTING ANY ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION, BUT YOU HAVE ADDED
THAT AS SOON AS PEOPLE GOING TO
BE IN THE, THE ONE OF THEIR
PICTURE TAKEN -- WHENEVER THEY
GO INTO THE DMV.
CRACKS
THEIR PICTURE IS TAKEN
NOW.
-- >> THEIR PICTURE IS TAKEN
NOW.
I THINK, IF YOU WALK INTO A DMV
AND JUST WALK AROUND, THEY
PROBABLY WILL NOT TAKE YOUR
PICTURE.
IF YOU GET IN THERE AND
REPRESENT YOURSELF AS SOMEONE
WHO
IS STARTING THE PROCESS OF
APPLYING FOR A DRIVER'S LICENSE,
YES, THEY WILL TAKE YOUR
PICTURE.
I DO NOT THINK THAT IS ANY
DIFFERENT FROM THE KIND OF
INFORMATION THAT WE TAKE NOW.
>> DOES THAT TURN THE DMV INTO
AN APPARATUS O
F THE DEPARTMENT
OF HOMELAND SECURITY?
>> NO, IT TURNS THE DMV INTO AN
APPARATUS TO KEEP PEOPLE FROM
GETTING FAKE DRIVER'S LICENSES.
WE HAVE TO GET OVER THE IDEA
THAT EVERY TIME WE DO
SOMETHING
AT THE DEPARTMENT, IT IS
AUTOMATICALLY A NEFARIOUS, EVIL
THING.
IT'S .
IF SOMEONE COMES IN AND PRETENDS
TO BE YOU IN ORDER TO STEAL YOUR
IDENTITY IS,
IN YOUR INTEREST TO
PREVENT THAT FROM HAPPENING.
IF WE ARE DOING OUR JOB
PROPERLY, WE ARE HELPING TO
PROTECT MORE INTEREST.
IF I CATCH A PERSON WHO TRIES TO
PRETEND TO BE YOU, AND WE REJECT
THEM FROM GETTING A DRIVER'S
LICENSE, LET'S MAKE SURE THEY DO
NOT GO TO THE ROAD TO THE NEXT
DMV AND MANAGE TO PERPETRATE THE
SCAM DOWN THERE.
IT IS PERFECT COMMON SENSE.
THE NET WINNER IS THE LEGITIMATE
PERSON, THE PERSON WHO WILL NOT
BE VICTIMIZED, BECAUSE WE WILL
NOT LET SOM
EONE COME IN AGAIN
AND AGAIN AND TRY TO BEAT THE
SYSTEM.
>> AS OF MAY THIS YEAR -- DO YOU
THINK THAT WILL ONLY BEGIN FOR
MOST OF THE STATES AFTER
2009?
>> IT WILL BE REQUIRED AS OF MAY
THIS YEAR -- YOU HAVE TO BEGIN
THE PROCESS, INDICATE YOU ARE
BEGINNING THE PROCESS, AND
REQUEST AN EXTENSION.
MANY STATES WILL BE MUCH FURTHER
ALONG THAN THAT.
I CANNOT TEL
L YOU OF THE TOP OF
MY HEAD WHICH ONES WILL BE WHERE
IN THE PROCESS A.
A NUMBER OF STATES MAY BE ABLE
TO COME INTO COMPLIANCE WITH AND
ABOUT ONE YEAR.
>> WHAT IS HAPPENING ON MAY 2008
AT AIRPORTS?
>> WHAT SHOULD HAPPEN IS THAT
THE VAST MAJORITY OF STATES WILL
BE SIGNED ONTO THIS, AND
THEREFORE, PEOPLE WILL SEE NO
DIFFERENCE IN THE WAY THEY'RE
HANDLED AT THE AIRPORT.
IF A STATE WERE TO OPT OUT OF
THIS,
THERE LICENSE WOULD NO
LONGER BE ACCEPTED AS
IDENTIFICATION FOR GETTING ON AN
AIRPLANE, AS A MATTER OF LAW.
THAT MEANS PEOPLE FROM THE STATE
WOULD HAVE TO COME UP WITH A
DIFFERENT FORM OF
IDENTIFICATION.
OR THEY MIGHT FIND
THEMSELVES
GOING INTO SECONDARY AND GETTING
QUESTIONED.
IT WILL BE INCONVENIENT.
THE LAW CREATES A VERY POWERFUL
INCENTIVE FOR STATES GETTING ON
BOARD WITH THIS PROCESS.
IT DOES NOT MAKE STATES DO WITH.
COMMON SENSE STRONG COUNSELS IN
FAVOR OF BEGINNING TO MOVE DOWN
THE PATH.
>> MR. CHERTOFF, CAN YOU TELL US
ABOUT THE INTERPLAY BETWEEN
THESE RULES TODAY AND
WHTI?
ANYTHING GOING ON WITH YOUR
NEGOTIATIONS WITH NEW YORK STATE
ON THESE ISSUES?
>> NEW YORK HAS BEEN OUT IN
PUBLIC.
AT THE TIME THAT WE TALKED TO
NEW
YORK AND A GREAT TO GET ON
BOARD WITH REAL ID, AS PART OF
OUR BACK-AND-FORTH WITH ALL THE
STATES, WE HAD MADE IT QUITE
CLEAR WHAT THIS REGULATION WOULD
BE IN.
IT WILL BE NO SURPRISE TO THEM.
WESTERN HEMISPHERE TRAVEL AND A
STEP HAS TO DO WITH DEALING THE
-- IT HAS TO DO WITH CROSSING
THE BORDER.
IN RESPONSE TO A LOT OF PUBLIC
DEMAND, WE HAVE AGREED TO GO
FORWARD WITH
ENHANCED DRIVERS
LICENSES THAT WOULD SATISFY
BORDER CROSSING REQUIREMENTS.
ENHANCED DRIVERS LICENSE WILL
OFS MEDICALLY BE COMPLIANT WITH
-- IT WILL AUTOMATICALLY BE REAL
ID COMPLIANT BIT OF.
HAVE ADDITIONAL
FEATURES
RELEVANT FOR CROSSING THE
BORDER.
YOU MIGHT DESCRIBE THEM AS REAL
ID PLUS.
THE STATE OF WASHINGTON THIS
MONTH IS BEGINNING TO ISSUE ITS
ENHANCED DRIVERS LICENSES.
OTHER STATES WILL FOLLOW THIS
YEAR.
WE ARE LOOKING TO MAXIMIZE THE
CONVENIENCE FOR THE AMERICAN
PUBLIC, BUT IN A WAY THAT
PROMOTES SECURITY AND IS
CONSISTENT WITH PRIVACY.
>> CAN YOU CLEAR
UP -- I'M
CONFUSED ABOUT THE EHT DOLLAR
AND TWO DOLLAR FIGU.
WHEN WE WERE WITH THE GOVERNOR
OF ARIZONA, YOU HAD MENTIONED 5-
$6 PER LICENSE FEE.
>> THIS IS NOT A FEE.
WE'RE TAKING THE CURRENT COST
ESTIMATES, IS A GENEROUS
ESTIMATE.
IT IS UNDER FOUR BILLION DOLLARS
FOR A PERIOD OF 10 YEARS
NATIONWIDE.
IF YOU WERE TO EXTRAPOLATE THAT
OVERALL THE DRIV S LICENSES,
IT
WOULD ESSENTIALLY, TO A COST OF
A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN EIGHT
DOLLARS A LICENSE.
IT DOES NOT MEAN THAT THE STATES
WILL CHARGE OF A DOLLARS.
I SHOULD POINT OUT THAT WE HAVE
-- IN THIS YEAR'S APPROPRIATIONS
-- T
HERE WILL BE ABOUT $360
MILLION AVAILABLE FOR PURPOSES
OF REAL ID WORK BY THE STATES
THE COMBINATION OF THE MONEY-
MAKING THIS YEAR AND THE REDUCED
COST SHOULD LARGELY ELIMINATE
THE COMPLAINING ABOUT AN
UNFUNDED MANDATE.
>> MY QUESTION IS COULD YOU
ANSWER THE ARGUMENT THAT REAL
ID WOULD MAKE IT EASIER FOR
PEOPLE
TO CONDUCT -- YOU ARE
CREATING THIS TRUSTED CARD,
HOWEVER YOU CANNOT GUARANTEE
THAT IT WILL NEVER BE FORGED.
WHEN PEOPLE FORD DID, AND IT IS
TRUSTED, IT WOULD MAKE IT EVEN
EASIER FOR THESE, AND
PEOPLE TO
CONDUCT THEIR CRIMES.
>> THAT IS A SPECIES OF ARGUMENT
THAT GOES UNDER THE HEADING OF
THE PERFECT IS THE ENEMY OF THE
GOOD.
THERE IS NOTHING IN THE WORLD
THAT IS FOOLPROOF.
THE IDEA THAT WE SHOULD
HAVE
FOUR FORMS OF IDENTIFICATION
THAT ARE EASILY TAMPERED WITH,
BECAUSE THAT WAY EVERYONE KNOWS
THAT THEY'RE WORTHLESS AND NOT
RELY ON THEM, IT STRIKES ME AS A
BIZARRE ARGUMENT.
THROUGH THIS MEASURE, WE ARE
ELIMINATING MAY BE 99% OF THE
RISK.
MAYBE 99.9% OF THE RISK.
IS IT PERFECT?
NO.
IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT GETTING
INTO A TOP SECURITY FACILITY, IT
IS PROBABLY NOT ENOUGH TO GET A
REAL ID DRIVERS LICENSE.
TO THE VAST MAJORITY OF PEOPLE,
IT IS A HUGE BENEFIT TO BE ABLE
TO HAVE A HIGH DEGREE OF
CONFIDENCE THAT THE LICENSE THEY
ARE PRESENTED IS AN ACCURATE
LICENSE, AND THE PERSON IS WHO
THEY SAY THEY ARE.
THE ALTERNATIVE IS TO SEND A
MESSAGE TO
PEOPLE THAT THE
DRIVERS LICENSE IS USELESS, AND
IT IS THE KIND OF THING YOU CAN
PICK UP AT AN AMUSEMENT PARK
WHEN YOU PAY FOUR DOLLARS AND
THEY GIVE YOU A FUNNY
IDENTIFICATION.
IF SOMEONE WANTS TO MAKE THE
CASE THAT WE WILL
BE SAFER BY
HAVING DEGRADED AND READILY
COUNTERFEIT THE AUGMENTATION --
YOU ARE WELCOME TO MAKE THE
CASE.
IT MAKES NO SENSE TO ME.
>> THE USE OF THE MEXICAN -- HOW
WILL THIS
IMPACT THE USE OF THE
IDENTIFICATION THAT A LOT OF
MEXICANS, BOTH LEGAL, AND
ILLEGAL USE FOR ADDITIONAL
BUSINESS.
>> THAT ARE IN DEMAND THAT
--
DOCUMENT IS NOT A DRIVERS
LICENSE.
WHATEVER YOUR NATIONALITY, IT
WILL REQUIRE YOU TO ESTABLISH
YOUR LAWFULLY PRESENT TO THE
COUNTRY.
IF YOU'RE A CITIZEN OR A LEGAL
PERMANENT RESIDENT, IF YOU CAN
SATISFY THAT REQUIREMENT.
IF YOU'RE HERE ON A TWO-YEAR THE
SET, YOU CAN GET A VISA, BUT
THAT WILL EXPIRE WHEN YOUR VISA
EXPIRES.
WHATEVER YOUR BASIS TO BE HERE
LAWFULLY, YORK LICENSE WILL BE
-- YOUR LICENSE WILL BE
COEXTENSIVE WITH THAT.
IT WILL NOT GIVE YOU THE ABILITY
TO USE IT BEYOND THE SCOPE OF
YOUR STAY.
>> IS THE LOGIC OF NOT HAVING A
BIOMETRIC, OTHER THAN A
PHOTOGRAPH
IN THIS SUPPOSEDLY
SECURE ID?
>> WE HAVE NOTHING AGAINST A
FINGERPRINT.
SOME STATES HAVE THEM, SOME
STATES DO NOT.
WE BELIEVE THE DIGITAL FEATURES
OF THE LICENSE WE'RE TALKING
ABOUT, COUPLED WITH THE EMBEDDED
SECURITY
FEATURES, ARE
SUFFICIENT.
FRANKLY, FINGERPRINT READERS ARE
NOT IN SUFFICIENT WIDESPREAD USE
THAT HAVE MADE IT WILL
NECESSARILY HELP VERY MUCH.
STATES ARE FREE TO HAVE A
FINGERPRINT ON THEM.
SOME STATES DO.
>> YOU HAVE SAID THAT IT WAS
EITHER POUR IDENTIFICATION, OR
SECURE IDENTIFICATION THROUGH
REAL ID.
AS
I HAVE ASKED, THAT MEANS THAT
IT MAKES IT MORE VALUABLE IF
PEOPLE CAN FORGE THE REAL ID.
WHEN WE LOOK AT NUMBER FIVE,
WHICH SAYS THAT EMPLOYERS CAN
NOW TRUST THE SECURE REAL ID, IT
MEANS IS GOING BEYOND ENTERING
NUCLEAR FACILITIES, BOARDING A
PLANE.
YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT
EMPLOYMENT.
>> YOUR ARGUMENT THAT THE MORE
SECURE THE DOCUMENT, THE WORST
WE ARE BECAUSE THE MORE WE RELY
ON IT, THE MORE DANGEROUS IT
BECOMES.
UNDER THAT THEORY, WE SHOULD
ELIMINATE PASSPORTS AND LET
PEOPLE COME ACROSS THE BORDER
USING A NOTE WRITTEN BY THEIR
THIRD GRADE TEACHER.
IT MAKES NO SENSE TO SAY THAT
MORE SECURITY MAKES US MORE AT
RISK.
NOTHING IS PERFECT.
IF WE WAITED FOR THE
PERFECT,
NOTHING WOULD EVER GET DONE IN
HUMAN EXISTENCE.
AS FAR AS EMPLOYMENT IS
CONCERNED, WE'RE NOT REQUIRING
THAT YOU HAVE A REAL ID LICENSE
FOR EMPLOYMENT.
IT IS PROBABLY REASONABLY
PREDICTABLE THAT AS THESE
DRIVERS
LICENSES BECOME MORE
WIDELY DISTRIBUTED, THE
RELIABILITY WILL MAKE THEM
ATTRACTIVE TO PEOPLE USING THE
VACATION FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
THE MARKETPLACE IS A VERY
POWERFUL TOOL.
WHEN PEOPLE REALIZE THERE'S A
MORE TRUSTWORTHY F
ORM OF ID,
THEY WILL FLOCK TO IT.
WHEN EMPLOYERS REALIZE THERE IS
A MORE TRUST FOR THE FORM OF ID,
THEY WILL RELY ON IT.
THIS IS THE BASIC WORKINGS OF
COMMON SENSE AND THE FREE
MARKET.
PEOPLE WILL GRAVITATE TO WHAT
WORKS.
WE
NEED TO ENABLE PEOPLE BY
GIVING THEM A TOOL THAT IS
RELIABLE.
THAT'S WHAT THIS IS ALL ABOUT.
>> MR. CHERTOFF, WILL THERE BE
ANY NEW CHANGES WITH SOVEREIGN
TRIBES, ESPECIALLY THOSE
SOVEREIGN TRIBES THAT OVERLAP
CANADA AND MEXICO?
>> THE RULE WITH THE DRIVERS
LICENSE -- IT IS NOT ANY
PECULIAR REQUIREME
NT FOR TRIBES.
IT PUTS A SPECIAL BURDEN ON
THEM.
IT IS THE SAME PROCESS YOU USE
NOW, IF YOU'RE PART OF THE
TRIBE, TO GET A DRIVERS LICENSE,
EXCEPT THAT THE BUSINESS PROCESS
WILL BE A LITTLE BIT MORE
RELIABLE, AND THE CARD WILL BE
MORE RELIABLE.
FOR THE PERSON GOING
TO THE DMV,
THEY MAY NOT SEE MUCH OF A
DIFFERENCE.
IT WOULD GET THEIR PICTURE
TAKEN UP FRONT, INSTEAD OF AT
THE END.
A LOT OF THE CHECKING WILL TAKE
PLACE BEHIND THE SCENES.
I DO NOT THINK THE EXPERIENCE
FOR THE AVERAGE PERSON IS GOING
TO BE SIGNIFICANTLY, OR
NOTICEABLY DIFFERENT.
>> THEY HAVE TO BRING MORE
DOCUMENTS.
>> NOT NECESSARILY.
SOME DOCUMENTS WILL SAYS FIVE
TWO OR THREE OF THE
REQUIREMENTS.
IF YOU.
PASSPORT AND SOMETHING WITH YOUR
ADDRESS
, LIKE A UTILITY BILL,
THAT MAY SATISFY REQUIREMENTS.
IF YOU BRING AND NATURALIZATION
CARD AND YOUR SOCIAL SECURITY
CARD AND SOMETHING TO VALIDATE
YOUR
ADDRESS, THAT MAY SATISFY
THE REQUIREMENTS.
YOU NOW HAVE TO BRING DOCUMENTS
TO THE DMV.
WE WILL BE CLEAR AND THE
REGULATIONS ABOUT THE KINDS OF
DOCUMENTS THAT HAVE TO BRING.
>> QUESTION 17 -- THE DATE FOR
FINAL IMPLICATION IS DECEMBER 1,
2017.
THAT IS MORE THAN 16 YEARS
AFTER 9/11 IN THE STAND YOU HAVE
MADE THESE CHANGES IN AN EFFORT
TO COMPROMISE WITH THE STATES.
HAVE YOU LEFT A GAPING HOLE IN
HOMELAND TO SECURITY FOR TOO
LONG A PERIOD OF TIME?
>> I WISH I WOULD HAVE GOTTEN
THIS TIME LAST YEAR.
THIS IS THE REALITY OF WHAT WE
FACE.
I FEEL AS KEENLY AS ANYBODY ELSE
THE URGENCY ABOUT GETTING THESE
THINGS DONE AS QUICKLY AS
POSSIBLE.
ON THE OTHER HAN
D, WHENEVER WE
TRIED TO DO SOMETHING, ANYBODY
WHO FINDS IT INCONVENIENT OR
EXPENSIVE, STARTS TO COMPLAIN
ABOUT IT.
WE HAVE TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT A
WAY TO RECONCILE THE COMPETING
DEMANDS OF SECURITY WITH THE
PRACTICAL REALITIES OF WHAT
IT
TAKES TO IMPLANT A MAJOR
PROGRAM.
WE MANAGE THE RISK.
WE ASK OURSELVES WHAT THE
HIGHEST RISK IS, AND HOW WE TAKE
THAT OFF THE TABLE FIRST.
AS WE MOVE FORWARD, WE MOVED TO
THE LESS RISKY ISSUES.
THAT'S WHY WE HAVE A PROGRAM TO
GET THE PHASE ONE OF RAIDS UP BY
THE END OF NEXT YEAR.
-- PHASE ONE OF GRADES UP BY
NEXT YEAR.
OUR FIRST GROUP OF PEOPLE, 50
AND
UNDER, HAVE TO BE COMPLETED
BY THE END OF 2014.
DUBAI WHICH WAS DONE MORE
QUICKLY?
ABSOLUTELY.
-- DO I WISH WE COULD GET IT
DONE MORE QUICKLY?
ABSOLUTELY.
THE BOTTOM LINE HERE IS -- THE
TIME FOR PROCESS AND DISCUSSION
HAS TO COME TO AN END.
WE HAVE GIVEN EVERY BUT A FEAR
FAIR HEARING.
THE LAST THING I'M GOING TO DO
IS PUT THIS OFF FOR 20 YEARS
WE'RE ON A PATH TO GET US WHERE
WE NEED TO GO.
I'M WILLING TO PREDICT THAT
THERE WILL BE PEOPLE OUT THERE
THAT WILL IMMEDIATELY BE RUNNING
TO FIND WAYS TO OVERTURN WHAT
WE'RE DOING, OR TO KICK THIS
FURTHER.
WHEN THEY DO THAT, YOU'LL HAVE
TO ASK THEM IF THEY'RE PREPARED
TO WAIT 20 YEARS OR 30 YEARS
SPHERE.
THIS IS A GREAT TEACHING MOMENT
ON THE CHALLENGES OF
RECONFIGURING A SOCIETY SO THAT
THE 10 TAKE REASONABLE STEPS TO
SECURE OURSELVES IN A WAY THAT
IS
NEVERTHELESS CONSISTENT WITH
OUR CIVIL LIBERTIES AND
PROSPERITY.
>> CAN YOU ELABORATE ON WHAT
WOULD HAPPEN TO THE STATES THAT
OPT OUT?
HAD THE BEST PEOPLE GET INTO
AIRPLANES AND FEDERAL BUILDINGS?
>> THEY WILL WIND UP BRINGING
OTHER DOCUMENTS THAT ARE
SATISFACTORY.
IF THEY DON'T HAVE THOSE, THEY
WILL HAVE TO FACE WHAT PEOPLE
FACE NOW WHEN THE SHOT TO THE
AIRPORT AND DO NOT HAVE ID.
THEY WIND UP GOING INTO
SECONDARY.
WE TRIED TO VALIDATE WHO THEY
ARE.
THE LAST THING I WANT TO DO IS
PUNISH CITIZENS OF A STATE,
WOULD LOVE TO HAVE A REAL ID
DRIVERS LICENSE, AND CANNOT GET
ONE BECAUSE THE STATE HAS VOTED
TO OPT OUT OF THE PROGRAM.
THERE WILL BE
OTHER KINDS OF
DOCUMENTATION AVAILABLE AT THE
FEDERAL LEVEL.
THERE'S AN IMPASSE CARD THAT THE
STATE DEPARTMENT IS GOING TO
START TAKING APPLICATIONS FOR
AN FEBRUARY --
IN FEBRUARY.
THERE WILL BE OTHER OPTIONS.
MY PREDICTION IS THAT THE PUBLIC
DEMAND FOR HAVING SECURE ID WILL
BE OVERWHELMING.
WE WILL TRY TO WORK WITH
PEOPLE
WHOSE STATES HAVE OPTED OUT.
THE RULE IS THE ROLE.
IT WAS PASSED BY CONGRESS.
I'M OBLIGED TO ENFORCE IT.
>> W
HAT IS THE MINIMUM TIME FOR
A FOREIGN PERSON TO APPLY FOR
REAL ID, AND IF THE REAL ID IS
FOR TERRORIST --
TOURIST.
>> IT IS NOT FOR THEM.
IF YOU COME IN AS A STUDENT, AND
YOU HAVE A TWO-YEAR THESE AS A
STUDENT, THAT WILL BE THE KIND
OF TEMPORARY STATUS THAT WOULD
MAKE IT SENSIBLE TO
HAVE THIS
KIND OF A LICENSE.
WE WILL KEY IN THE PROCESS BY
HAVING ITS CONNECTED TO OUR
CITIZENS AND IMMIGRATION
SERVICE'S DATA BASE.
THE DMV WILL BE ABLE TO VALIDATE
IF THEY HAVE A LEGITIMATE VISA.
IF THE TIME COMES THAT CONGRESS
PASSES SOME KIND OF TEMPORARY
WORKER PROGRAM, OR ENHANCES A
TEMPORARY WORKER
PROGRAM, WE CAN
ADJUST TO TAKE ACCOUNT OF THOSE
VISAS.
TH IDEA IS TO HAVE A SYSTEM
THAT IS SYNCHRONIZED.
ONCE WE COMPLETE THIS PROCESS,
THAT WILL MAKE IT EASIER FOR THE
PERSON WHO IS HERE
LEGITIMATELY, AND IT WILL BE
EASIER FOR EVERYBODY WHO
INTERACTS WITH THAT PERSON
BECAUSE THEY WILL HAVE
RELIABILITY AND CONFIDEN
CE IN
THE DOCUMENTS.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH,
EVERYONE.
>> MICHAEL CHERTOFF
ON NATIONAL
ID CARDS.
PRIOR TO THIS BRIEFING, VERMONT
SENATOR ISSUED REACTION TO REAL
ID.
THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION'S REAL
ID PROGRAM WILL NOT ONLY LEAD TO
LONG LINES AT EVERY DMV ACROSS
THE COUNTRY, IT WILL IMPOSE A
MASSIVE, AND BANDED MANDATES ON
STATE GOVERNMENTS, WHILE
OFFERING NO FEDERAL PRIVACY
PROTECTION TO OUR CITIZENS.
IT IS UNFORTUNATE THAT INSTEAD
OF ADDRESSING THE FUNDAMENTAL
PROBLEMS FOR THE STATES, THE
ADMINISTRATION SEEMS CONTENT TO
PROLONG AN UNPRO
DUCTIVE BATTLE
TO FORCE THE STATES TO COMPLY.
THIS COURSE WILL RESULT IN
RESENTMENT, LITIGATION, AN
ENORMOUS COST THE STATE WILL
HAVE TO ABSORB.
21 STATES HAVE PASSED
LEGISLATION IN OPPOSITION TO
REAL ID 6.
STATES HAVE EXPRESSLY PROHIBI
T
COMPLIANT -- SIX STATES HAVE
PROHIBITED COMPLIANCE.
YOU CAN READ HIS ENTIRE
STATEMENT AT C-SPAN.ORG.