Nope.

Case in point...the most recent case of the Dominican poachers...yes, they got a decent sized fine, but they got their boat back just to do it all over again. Government should have kept the boat and equipment and sold it at auction to a Bahamian fishing crew. When you start seizing the fishing vessels, see how fast the poachers stay a safe distance off. Maybe if the government realizes they can make a couple hundred thousand or more on the auction of said vessels, they may be inclined to actually chase them down and catch them. Heck...RBDF may even become a profitable undertaking!!

No...if as a citizen of this country I am detained because I am not in possession of a piece of paper there will be hell to pay...I truly feel sorry for the citizens of this country who are so willing and quick to reverse the freedom laws of this country for more restrictive and socialist controls.

So if your ID card is fakable (no doubts here)...or if you have an in on someone selling cards out the back door...the system is broken before it even starts.

Playing the devils advocate Rory...because if you are going to implement these laws and cards the immigration officers need very specific guidelines. Let's say I have friends in town, I turn them loose in my private vehicle, they get stopped because they are not in possession of a national ID card...a couple things can happen...they get hauled away being legit tourists, or they get a pass...but what's to stop the next private vehicle with an illegal in it from saying he is a tourist staying with friends...it's not that easy!! There are still too many loopholes and ramifications to some silly immigration officer over reaching on what his capabilities are because he is the boss of you and in control so his rules override all else.

Not realistic...then you would need to move away from a bazillion pieces of small little bits of paper that can VERY easily get lost or misplaced if you know the right person to talk to...to a more secure electronic format that is easily searchable!! All those people that file things away, and then have to go back into the files to retrieve them would likely be unemployed...think of the clerks man...think of the clerks!!

Bahahahahahahhahahaha...oh man, that's funny right there!!

Oh great!! Now you have bail and sureties not worth the paper they are printed on...the guy jumps bail and the judge just gives them a small fine.

Amen my brother!! I might just have to start getting religious all over again!!

Devils advocate here...some unsavoury person nicks my wallet...according to your specs, they are now in possession not only of my credit cards, drivers license (which also has my NIB number already on it), they also now have my DOB (that would be on license as well so dupe info), my place of residence, my passport #, etc. Armed with that information can be incredibly dangerous for an individual...and incredibly valuable for a criminal with some sort of tech background.