This wouldn't happen if US had something like Estonia's system: > The Estonian identity card (Estonian: ID-kaart) is a mandatory identity document for citizens

This wouldn't happen if US had something like Estonia's system: > The Estonian identity card (Estonian: ID-kaart) is a mandatory identity document for citizens of Estonia. In addition to regular identification of a person, an ID-card can also be used for establishing one's identity in electronic environment and for giving one's digital signature. Within Europe (except Belarus, Russia, Ukraine and United Kingdom)[2][1] as well as French overseas territories and Georgia, the Estonian ID Card can be used by the citizens of Estonia as a travel document. > The mandatory identity document of a citizen of the European Union is also an identity card, also known as an ID card. The Estonian ID Card can be used to cross the Estonian border, however Estonian authorities cannot guarantee that other EU member states will accept the card as a travel document.[3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estonian_identity_card https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estonian_identity_card