From: jfricker@vertexgroup.com (John F. Fricker)
Date: Tue, 6 Aug 1996 14:59:15 +0800
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: Internal Passports
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At 07:37 PM 8/5/96 -0700, you wrote:
>At 1:01 AM 8/6/96, Duncan Frissell wrote:
>
>>The SS resists issuing new numbers in spite of widespread duplication and
>>theft.  Soon people will find themselves denied the right to work in this
>>country unless the SS reverses this reluctance.  If your SS# is stolen and
>>used "too many times"  in a future worker verification program, you're
>>screwed.  And there won't even be any welfare for you.
>>
>>Use Alta Vista to find the SS Number FAQ.  There's more stuff.
>
>BTW, I attempted to comply with the law in a recent request posted to
>ba.jobs.offered and scruz.general: I solicited workers for some brush
>clearing on my place, but advised them to only apply if--appearing to be
>Hispanic, Latin, Mexican, or otherwise unOfficial--they provided proof of
>their legal ability to work for me.
>


Hmmm. Actually a long time ago I lost my job with Greenpeace out of refusal
to sign an I-9 which was in '86 the Department of Justice's form to exhibit
eligibility to work in the US. The form required that I present two pieces
of photo identification or a driver's license to be authenticated by my
employer. Maybe it's a CA state law that adds an additional skin tone
criterium to for the filing of an I-9.

--j