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US Politics

California's Data Betrayal: How Compliance with Real ID Threatens Liberty and Breaks a Promise

California is preparing to share driver's license data, including a placeholder revealing the lack of a Social Security number for over a million unauthorized immigrants, with a national database to comply with federal Real ID rules, breaking a decade-old promise and placing these residents at profound risk of deportation. This betrayal of trust is a chilling capitulation to federal overreach that willfully sacrifices the safety and liberty of vulnerable communities on the altar of bureaucratic compliance.

US Politics

A Betrayal of Trust: California's Data-Sharing Plan Undermines Liberty and Shatters Promises

California is preparing to share detailed driver's license data, including information on undocumented immigrants who obtained licenses under a 2013 law, with a multistate verification system despite a state law prohibiting such use. This shocking betrayal of trust undermines a decade of hard-won progress, shatters the promise of safety for vulnerable communities, and represents a direct assault on privacy, institutional integrity, and the liberties enshrined in our founding documents.