September 28, 2006 10:39AM 

# Baltimore Sun: Deep-Six REAL ID 

By [Jim Harper](https://www.cato.org/people/jim-harper) 

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The [Baltimore Sun opinion page](http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/opinion/bal-ed.id27sep27,0,4953089.story) recognizes that the REAL ID Act’s national ID system “will neither weed out terrorists nor make a dent in the flow of illegal immigration — the two problems it was devised to address.” In light of the exorbitant cost and impossibility to implement, its advice is to junk the REAL ID Act.

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