second psmith's comment
Mocking and sarcasm to an extent is one thing. Calling him/her as "moron" and asking to "shove it up the ass" by any stretch is totally uncalled for! What possesses people to react this way? Is it the anonymity that this forum provides? Will ranniedv have behaved this way if people were face to face when this question was asked?
Amazes me ....
hima, like others said, you should have asked this question first before you did the lamination. Since the card contains barcodes, magnetic strips and microfiched information, lamination "might" hurt the proper use of the card. As someone else suggested, just to be on the safer side, ask for a duplicate. INS specifically supplies the protective cover for this purpose... of protecting the card.
Good luck