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This will never happen in a useful fashion at the federal level unless the Republicans get the house, Senate, and Presidency again and don't waste the time bickering with themselves. It would have to be implemented on a state by state basis. A national identifier would be able to exclude illegal immigrants too easily for the Democrats to support it. Over 1/3 illegal immigrants in America use ssn's of other people, most stolen but some belonging to friends or relatives. I realize this might seem inflammatory as a post but this simply isn't a situation that can be removed from American politics in this instance.

Edit: And for people who think I'm making this up, the GAO literally inquired with the IRS about the fraudent ssn use matter.

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