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DownsizeDC.org was the first organization to protest the REAL ID Act, six years ago.

Thankfully, countless other groups took up the charge, and secured nullification in 24 state legislatures.

Because of all that pressure, the Dept. of Homeland Security is once again extending the deadline for states to implement REAL ID.

Let's build on the momentum. Tell Congress to kill REAL ID.

You may borrow from or copy this letter . . .

I am pleased Homeland Security Secretary Napolitano extended the deadline for states to implement REAL ID from this May to January, 2013. If she hadn't done this, people in states that haven't implemented REAL ID could have been denied the right to board an airplane.

But the Secretary can't repeal REAL ID. Congress can, and should.

The REAL ID Act . . .

* Forces innocent American citizens to carry an "internal passport" or National ID card in the form of a standardized state driver's license . . .
* Where their personal information is barcoded and put in a central database . . .
* Which makes them MORE vulnerable to identity theft

REAL ID also violates fundamental liberties. It will be needed not only to board an airplane or enter federal buildings, it could also be required to earn a living, and even to purchase firearms or prescription medication!

In states that have implemented REAL ID, innocent citizens are forced into longer and multiple visits to the DMV, and to track down records and documents to "prove" their identity.

And states are forced to spend money they don't have to comply with it. No wonder two dozen states have chosen to "nullify" REAL ID.

The REAL ID Act is a phony piece of legislation that exploited anti-Moslem and anti-Mexican sentiment. But it can't prevent either terrorism or illegal immigration! The only people it regulates are innocent Americans.

America is better than that.

Show us that YOU'RE better than that. Repeal REAL ID and replace it with nothing.

END LETTER

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Jim Babka
President
DownsizeDC.org

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