State Lawmaker: City Stance

state lawmaker: The city has vowed to protect cardholders personal records and might even delete them using a kind of self-destruct provision that allows for the information to be destroyed at the end of the year, according to Metro News. At least one state lawmaker has criticized that idea, saying it could make it impossible to trace people if they have obtained cards fraudulently. But since Donald Trump was elected president, city officials are instead fielding questions about whether the cards could put those same people at greater risk of being deported. Some immigrants take comfort in the city stance, while acknowledging they are still wary. It did cause me considerable concern, because they have my information, also the information of my son, the 53-year-old Mexico native said through an interpreter. Alberto Saldivia got his IDNYC card this year after spending 15 years in the country without legal authorization. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.