CV NEWS FEED // The Biden administration is planning to roll out a taxpayer-funded program giving government-issued identification cards to thousands of illegal migrants crossing the southern border.
The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Secure Docket Card program had been in the works since at least 2022.
FOX News reported late Thursday afternoon that “the pilot program is expected to commence this summer with the distribution of approximately 10,000 cards.”
“While [ICE] stressed that plans are ‘pre-decisional’ and still subject to change, it is expected the cards will be issued in three or four locations in the U.S.,” FOX added. “A source familiar with the program told Fox Houston and Atlanta were two potential locations.”
Per FOX, ICE claims that one purpose of the program is to “modernize documentation provided to some noncitizens.”
ICE is an agency of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
The DHS is currently led by the controversial Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, whom a sizeable majority of Americans view as responsible for the ongoing crisis at the U.S.–Mexico border.
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FOX previously reported on the ID program back in September 2023, shortly after it obtained leaked images of the planned ICE Secure Docket Cards.
The images “show a card with room for a photograph, a QR code and identifying information and security details, as well as the ICE logo in the top left corner,” FOX reported at the time.
“ICE previously announced that the ID will have a photograph, biographic identifiers and ‘cutting-edge’ security features,” FOX’s September 2023 report continued:
The agency said then the program was still in development and would be considered for further expansion pending the outcome of the pilot. ICE has now currently completed a required pilot notification to Congress.
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The card could be used to check in and schedule reporting meetings with ICE. The agency hopes that it can be used in the field to easily verify an alien’s identity and to see if they are deportable.
In addition, FOX at the time noted that this “program has alarmed conservatives, who see it as part of an agenda for welcoming, rather than removing, those in the country illegally.”
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This week, National Immigration Center for Enforcement (NICE) President RJ Hauman told FOX: “Just in time for the election, the Biden administration is quietly legitimizing a government-sanctioned invasion of our nation.”
“Providing illegal aliens with identification will undoubtedly lead to obtaining other documents, benefits and rights — or create an entirely new identity,” Hauman continued. “After all, most who cross the border have no identification information in their possession. So, how do we even know who they are?”
Hauman is a visiting fellow at The Heritage Foundation.
The news of the controversial ID program’s rollout comes as lawmakers are sounding the alarm about the current unprecedented influx of migrants.
On Wednesday, the Republican-controlled House narrowly passed a bill that seeks to prevent non-citizens from factoring into population totals during congressional redistricting decisions.
The Equal Representation Act passed by a 206-202 margin. The House legislation was sponsored by Rep. Chuck Edwards, R-NC, and Rep. Warren Davidson, R-OH.
The Daily Signal’s Rob Bluey and Fred Lucas wrote:
With millions of illegal aliens residing in the United States—a problem exacerbated by the Biden administration’s border policies—the legislation aims to protect Americans’ electoral power and congressional representation by ensuring foreign citizens aren’t counted in the census.
