Originally Posted by dtrt09

They've been testing it already; WA state is one of five states that issues an enhanced biometric ID card or license (for domestic purposes, not for travel with Canada) whether for citizens or non-citizens. They started it in 2009.

The point ins't the picture or the work verification per se, but that there will be a national "facebook'. It's not just your own identity, it would include the identity of those related to you and associated with you. And just like facebook, it would all ping back to you in a diagram that connects everyone to everyone else. I know immigration status is our main concern, but I still find this creepy and Orwellian.