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USA PATRIOT Act Contains ID Card Proposal

A provision in the recently passed anti-terrorism legislation may create a scheme where all non-citizens would have to use an identification card to enter the country. The provision calls upon the Attorney General to create an �integrated entry and exit� system that could include biometric identifiers and improved identity documents.

The USA PATRIOT Act, THOMAS Database.
New law contains ID-card proposal, Washington Times, November 1, 2001.