Chicagoist: All Your Database Are Belong to Us

twestgard

Wed, 26 Sep 2007 09:52:51 -0600

A friend of mine, who does background checks, recently said that the Social Security agency's database is only 95% correct, meaning that, if all of us were checked, 5% of the country would be wrongfully fired for being an illegal immigrant. 5% is already too much, and a state database could only add to the inaccuracies.

Tankboy

Tue, 25 Sep 2007 15:12:50 -0600

Don't feel bad Ferdy, I didn't get it either. Although I'm glad that my new favoritely named commenter clarified everything for both of us.

sparky

Tue, 25 Sep 2007 13:36:26 -0600

The Trib states: "The federal government sees the Illinois law as a violation of the Constitution's supremacy clause, which generally elevates federal law over state law." And yet, we see this supremacy clause not enforced time and time again with state limitations on abortion rights, sexual harrassment in the workplace, medicinal marijuana laws, human resources laws, arrests, sex offenders, etc. I find it interesting, but hardly suprising that the federal government decides to use this instance to enforce the supremacy clause. I see both sides, but I would not want to be the one whose ss# is screwed up in the system for some reason and I don't get that job, just as I don't want to be the person mistaken as a terrorist because I share the same name with one. But like Spook, I would love to see some people come forward who have had problems with the system, then hear it secondhand from a politician.

guest

Tue, 25 Sep 2007 11:50:37 -0600

I wonder how accurate is the IL FOID database? How fast does it reply?

guest

Tue, 25 Sep 2007 11:26:11 -0600

Great headline!

the new guest number 2

Tue, 25 Sep 2007 11:06:47 -0600

I'm sorry, #5, I don't have a cat so I don't know what you're talking about.

guest

Tue, 25 Sep 2007 11:03:02 -0600

I IZ IN UR DATABASE!

Ferdy

Tue, 25 Sep 2007 10:36:09 -0600

I'm a little too old to be a gamer. Keeping up is not an option anymore. Hanging on is about all that's left.

the new guest number 2

Tue, 25 Sep 2007 10:33:42 -0600

Headline. Try to keep up, Ferdy.

Spook

Tue, 25 Sep 2007 10:20:40 -0600

Rep. Cynthia Soto says some of her constituents were fired after preliminary E-Verify results incorrectly identified them as undocumented. I guess Cynthia Soto dosen't need to provide names of her constituents that were fired. I guess we should just take her word as a Chicago politican

Ferdy

Tue, 25 Sep 2007 10:18:18 -0600

Headline?