House Republicans raised security concerns with the Biden administration’s proposal to issue government identification cards to illegal immigrants who are released into the interior of the United States from the southern border.

Rep. James Comer (R-KY), the ranking member on the House Oversight Committee, and 15 other Republicans sent a letter to acting Immigration and Customs Enforcement Director Tae Johnson on Friday, asking for information about the federal agency’s planned pilot program to provide ID cards and warning that it could incentivize more illegal immigration and legitimize illegal immigrants.