Yes. It does. It can choose to outsource some of the verification pieces to the several states (e.g the REAL ID act) but the government needs a way to uniquely

Yes. It does. It can choose to outsource some of the verification pieces to the several states (e.g the REAL ID act) but the government needs a way to uniquely identify residents that it interacts with. The founding documents make this very clear, I recommend giving them a read.