House approves bill to ban consular IDs to establish identity

Tennessean: House lawmakers approved a bill Thursday that would prohibit state and local officials from accepting certain forms of identification to establish identity.

The legislation would prohibit those officials from accepting consular IDs, which are commonly used to verify identity and help the Mexican government track its citizens for tax purposes.

The legislation also would prohibit officials from accepting locally issued forms of identification, including student IDs and library cards, for the purpose of establishing identity.

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