Posted on 04/21/2025 2:01:59 AM PDT by Libloather
Americans are scrambling to obtain a state-issued REAL ID in order to travel by plane ahead of a federal deadline next month, which comes after states from coast to coast changed their laws surrounding driver's licenses to permit illegal immigrants to drive.
Americans will need to obtain a REAL ID, which is a federally-compliant driver's license or other identification that meets higher standards than state-issued licenses, in order to easily travel by air, the Department of Homeland Security explains on its website. Only legal U.S. citizens or residents can obtain the identification card, while valid U.S. passports can also still be used instead of a REAL ID for domestic air travel.
Congress passed the REAL ID Act in 2005 to heighten security requirements for driver's licenses in response to the attacks on 9/11. Though some states began complying with the law more than a decade ago, enforcement for all states had been repeatedly delayed due to the pandemic, DMV backlogs, as well as some states, such as South Carolina, initially refusing to comply.
The move to officially enforce REAL IDs at the national level for domestic air travel comes after 19 states and Washington, D.C., put laws on the books allowing illegal immigrants to obtain driver's licenses.
The states, which stretch from New York and New Jersey to California and Washington state, changed their laws in order to allow illegal immigrants to drive freely to work, while also ensuring they meet driving skill requirements and could obtain car insurance to bolster road safety, various liberal lawmakers and immigrant advocacy groups said as they rallied support for the law changes.
"Expanding access to driver’s licenses is critical for the safety of New Jerseyans and a step toward building a stronger and fairer New Jersey for all," New Jersey Democrat Gov. Phil...
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Terrorists can readily flee this country after a mass-death event.
If they’re from another country they should have passports. They can use those to travel.
Can President Trump disallow those state’s votes to not be counted in national elections?
What’s next . Trump’s Crackdown on looters, shoplifters. Tax dead beats, bank robbers, speeders, child support deadbeats, drug dealers, child traffickers, etc, etc, etc.
What possible benefit accrues to the average US citizen from this stupidity? I understand why politicians want it, but why anyone else?
The Act was passed in 2006 - anyone not conforming by now has to be Politically Blue.....MS Licenses have had the requisite marking for some years...
You don’t “need” a license or ID to drive, but you do need to show one in order to vote.
Why give them a little thing like a driver’s license when we could give them a ticket back home?
There’s a rather lengthy list of documentation you need to provide for the STAR card. I doubt if illegals have it.
There’s a rather lengthy list of documentation you need to provide for the STAR card. I doubt if illegals have it.
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Got mine with just a current passport and the state wanted a current bill with my name and address on it. Some years ago....
The Real ID was passed by Congress 20 years ago and has been put on hold several times, thus there was ample time for US citizens to get a Real ID when they renewed their driver’s license. With states handing out driver’s licenses like popcorn to anyone with a pulse legal or not should also have been a wake up call that a regular drivers license would soon be worthless as an ID. I have no sympathy for those caught in this mess.
Got mine with just a current passport and the state wanted a current bill with my name and address on it. Some years ago....
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Definitely different from my state, which lists five steps:
A passport OR certified birth certificate or...
Proof of full legal name
SS card or SSA 1099 or W2 form showing social security #
Two docs showing current address (utility bill, etc.)
And current state drivers license.
Some of these may be the same doc. But on the Idaho state website, it lists lots of alternative documents, & then you finally have to bring them all to the DMV to get your card.
If they start enforcing this for flying, I guess illegals will have to take the bus home.
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