It Won’t Stop There
The Brits are phasing in a plan to require non-EU foreigners to carry identity cards with them. While I support enforcement of immigration laws here and abroad, this is way beyond what people should feel comfortable with.
In fact, I see no reason to think it will stop there. Once it is fully implemented for foreigners what’s the argument for not requiring identity cards of citizens? The only arguments I can think of would require conceding that foreign residents have fewer legal protections than citizens. This would send the left and the human rights lawyers into a tizzy. So naturally instead of scrapping the bad idea they’ll require identity cards of everyone.
Papers please!