Worker ID cards expected to stir up immigration debate - Los Angeles Times

Schumer wants EVERY ONE to have a worker ID card with a chip giving a lot of personal information to potential employers.

Why not just use E-Verify? Too easy?

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As the immigration reform debate begins to heat up again, some observers expect that one of the biggest and most controversial new elements will be a proposed national worker identification card for all Americans.

A "forgery-proof" worker ID card, secured with biometric data such as fingerprints, is an idea favored by Sen. Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y), the new chairman of the immigration subcommittee. Schumer, who will lead the effort to craft the Senate's comprehensive immigration overhaul legislation, called the card the best way to ensure that all workers were authorized.