AFAICT this is just a backdoor attempt at a national ID system. Anything that requires fingerprints is a huge step towards the same national ID cards required

AFAICT this is just a backdoor attempt at a national ID system. Anything that requires fingerprints is a huge step towards the same national ID cards required of Permanent Residents. A huge question is whether fingerprints from a crime can be run against this database. IMHO, the fingerprints gathered for this program should come with a license where you only grant them usage of the fingerprints when IDing you in airports. Any other use of the fingerprints constitutes misuse and a gross privacy violation. Personally, I am a permanent resident (looking to get citizenship), but I would hope that every American that cares about their individual rights and the principals that this country was founded upon would fight back hard against this sort of program.