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All You Need to Know about the Illegal Immigrant ID Card  
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New Haven, Connecticut is the first in the United States to offer official identification cards to illegal immigrants so that they can enjoy public services and integrate into the community. Here's what this means. How do you feel about this?

	The vote passed 25 to 1.
	The city’s estimated 15,000 illegal immigrants have expressed that they will line up to get their government identification cards.
	The cards will allow them to open bank accounts, access local libraries and enjoy numerous other public services financed by American taxpayers.
	This is the first kind of program to offer legitimate U.S. identification cards to those in the country illegally.
	This contradicts a nationwide trend among municipalities attempting to curb illegal immigration in the absence of federal enforcement.
	New Haven officials say their controversial new measure was necessary to integrate illegal immigrants into the community and protect them from crime as well as encourage them to report crimes to police.
	Opponents worry that the program will increase the city’s illegal immigrant population and subsequently strain public services.
	$250,359 in private funds from the First City Fund Corporation will pay for this.
	The cards will be made available to all residents of New Haven at a cost of $10 for adults and $5 for children.
	A debit feature will be accepted by a number of downtown merchants and can be used in the City’s parking meters.

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