[Hulka]

Many states allow illegals to get a drivers’ license.

This is to crack-down on states that issue DLs to illegals.

[Fightin Whitey]

In Montana the legislature, and the majority of voters, just didn’t want to climb on the national I.D. bandwagon.

The legislature wanted to adapt the state license in such a way as to provide info and safety assurances, but the feds didn’t approve and I think it just died.

[af_vet_rr]

Many states allow illegals to get a drivers’ license.

This is to crack-down on states that issue DLs to illegals.

I can recall participating in threads on Free Republic from around 10 years ago where the REAL ID stuff (I think Congress passed it in 2006) was about the move towards a national/federal ID to replace all state IDs, and that it was about fighting the eternal enemy - terrorism.

Funny how it went from an ominous federal-only ID combatting terrorism to a way to deal with illegals.

I somehow don't think the underlying reasons/causes for REAL ID's goals have been replaced. I think they are just trying to make it more palatable to more people. And to be frank, it's worked, simply by forcing states to adopt it into their own IDs. I give it another 15 years before we lose state IDs altogether..