Former presidential candidate Ron Paul is riling up his loyal fan base to protest the 'Gang of Eight' bill.

But the former Congressman isn't outraged over amnesty like many other conservative leaders. Instead, he's asking his supporters to sign a petition to stop the 'National ID system.'

One of the components of the comprehensive immigration reform legislation is a universal E-Verify system, a database for employers to verify their employees are legal citizens. While its purpose is to bar illegal immigrants from working in the U.S., many liberty-minded groups like Paul's argue systems like this will only lead to a 'National ID system.'

In a video created by Paul's nonprofit, Campaign for Liberty, Paul claims the 'Gang of Eight' senators are "working with President Obama to sneak this massive National ID power grab into a new 'immigration reform' law that's being used as a cover for all sorts of statist madness."

"It's by far the worst national scheme the the statists have come up with yet," he says in the video.

According to the former Texas Congressman, systems like E-Verify will only lead to the federal government tracking our every move.

"How long will it be before the statists start telling us what we can teach our children?" he asks. "Or where we can go to church?"

Paul argues the government will use the information from the database to ensure we don't "go anywhere, read anything, eat anything or drink anything they think we shouldn't."

He ends the video asking the viewer to not only sign the petition, but of course give a contribution to pay for a full-fledged TV, radio and social media campaign against the National ID system.

Watch the video below: