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Connecticut News Editor Demands Names of New Haven ID Card Applicants

The managing editor of the Journal Inquirer newspaper in Connecticut is asking the state Freedom of Information Commission to order New Haven officials to disclose the names of applicants for controversial municipal identification cards. The ID cards are believed to be the first in the country specifically designed to bring illegal immigrants out of the shadows and give them access to community services. But they are available to all city residents.

Journal Inquirer seeks names of New Haven ID card applicants, Newsday, September 21, 2007.