"I know the law you are talking about Unzipped. Here is my thing though. Why does everyone think it is such a bad idea to have a national ID card? I mean, by law, in every state of the Union, you must have a legal ID by the age of 18. This really just makes it a national requirement. I think it hillarious that people can make a stink that somehow their freedoms are being violated just because the governement wants you to be able to prove who you are, in an effort to combat terror. I watched the towers fall on 9/11, literally. I happened to be blessed enough to be just outside Manhattan, but I was there. If something as simple as an ID card will help prevent that ever happening again, where do I sign? I absolutely will not give up liberty. However, I don't see where this law changes anything, rather it seems to only reinforce what is already in place so that illegal immigrants, with intentions of destruction, can be found. Maybe I am way off base, and if so, please tell me so, but I don't see what the real problem is. (Pssst, the government already knows who you are, if you paid your taxes this year...and if you didn't...)" Please to be supporting your claim of every state requiring ID. I'm not aware of any such law, I don't think there is one. As Tyger says, a national ID will not prevent terrorism in any way. In fact it may make it easier, they don't have to fake it - steal some peoples' ID's and you've got everything you need to take their identity, do your thing, no fuss no muss. Also let's not forget about people who live in this country and commit mass violence. A national ID would have done nothing to stop a unibomber, Timothy McVeigh etc. "Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety"- Benjamin Franklin If as you say the national ID card would not change anything, I say there's no reason to have one. I can think of many possible abuses, and no benefits. That you are so willing to trade my rights away for phantom security makes me think you aren't qualified to participate in this discussion. I'm sad that you live in fear, but don't screw up what this country was founded on to assuage it.