The city's new ID program allows for personal data to be destroyed at the end of 2016 in case a conservative Republican is elected president, the law's co-sponsor told The Post.
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[From article]
The city’s new municipal ID program allows for personal info provided by applicants to be destroyed at the end of 2016, in case a conservative Republican wins the White House and demands the data, the law’s co-sponsor told The Post on Monday.
City Councilman Carlos Menchaca (D-Brooklyn) said the measure was crafted so data submitted by those seeking the cards can be destroyed on Dec. 31, 2016.
The cards are aimed at undocumented immigrants.
“In case a Tea Party Republican comes into office and says, ‘We want all of the data from all of the municipal ID programs in the country,’ we’re going to take the data,” he explained.
[. . .]
In order to get an ID, residents must provide their names, addresses, aliases, dates of birth and other information, making it easy for the feds to identify undocumented immigrants.
Menchaca said the Obama administration has shown no interest in going after the data, but he didn’t want to take any chances on the next administration.
[. . .]
The cards were first available early last month. Demand has been overwhelming, with more than 200,000 appointments made for the cards in less than a month.
http://nypost.com/2015/02/16/municipal-id-law-has-delete-in-case-of-tea-party-clause/
Municipal ID law has ‘delete in case of Tea Party’ clause
By Tara Palmeri
New York Post
February 16, 2015 | 11:27pm
[From article]
The city’s new municipal ID program allows for personal info provided by applicants to be destroyed at the end of 2016, in case a conservative Republican wins the White House and demands the data, the law’s co-sponsor told The Post on Monday.
City Councilman Carlos Menchaca (D-Brooklyn) said the measure was crafted so data submitted by those seeking the cards can be destroyed on Dec. 31, 2016.
The cards are aimed at undocumented immigrants.
“In case a Tea Party Republican comes into office and says, ‘We want all of the data from all of the municipal ID programs in the country,’ we’re going to take the data,” he explained.
[. . .]
In order to get an ID, residents must provide their names, addresses, aliases, dates of birth and other information, making it easy for the feds to identify undocumented immigrants.
Menchaca said the Obama administration has shown no interest in going after the data, but he didn’t want to take any chances on the next administration.
[. . .]
The cards were first available early last month. Demand has been overwhelming, with more than 200,000 appointments made for the cards in less than a month.
http://nypost.com/2015/02/16/municipal-id-law-has-delete-in-case-of-tea-party-clause/
Municipal ID law has ‘delete in case of Tea Party’ clause
By Tara Palmeri
New York Post
February 16, 2015 | 11:27pm
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