Michael Bloomberg: We Need A National Biometric ID Card

Bloomberg's office yesterday issued a release of the mayor's prepared testimony before the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee's field hearing on federal immigration legislation. "We absolutely must have a federal database, said Bloomberg, "that will allow employers to verify the status of all job applicants. But for this database to have any value, we must also ensure that the documentation job applicants present is incorruptible. That means we need to create a biometric employment card containing unique information -- fingerprints or DNA, for instance"