DoughtyOne wrote: “Real IDs are issued to illegal immigrants.”
How?
In Alabama, REAL ID is called a STAR ID.
In order to be issued a STAR ID, applicants must verify their identity and date of birth by providing one of the following documents*:
Valid, unexpired United States Passport
Certified Birth Certificate
Consular Report of Birth Abroad (Form FS-240, DS-1350, or FS-545
Valid, unexpired Permanent Resident Card (Form I-551) issued by Department of Homeland Security (DHS) or Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS)
Unexpired employment authorization document (EAD) issued by DHS (Form I-766 or Form I-688B)
Unexpired Foreign Passport with a valid, unexpired U.S. Visa affixed, accompanied by the approved I-94 form documenting the applicant’s most recent admittance into the United States.
Certificate of Naturalization issued by DHS (Form N-550 or N-570)
Certificate of Citizenship issued by DHS (Form N-560 or N-561)
A REAL-ID compliant Driver License or Non-Driver Identification Card
How can one be an illegal and meet this requirement?
You must also have SSN verified by:
Social Security card
United States Military Form DD 214
Medicare/Medicaid Identification Card (if Social Security Number is followed by the letter A)
W-2 Tax Form
I know there are states that issue drivers licenses to illegals but I doubt those licenses are REAL ID.
In California and I’ll be other states too, the ID you get as an illegal immigrant is exactly same thing as a driver’s license, except it isn’t a driver’s license, can’t be used for that. It can be used as an ID.
You mention a consular card, but what did they have to provide as an illegal to get that? Illegals don’t come here with papers. LOL
There’s a disconnect on this. These IDs are intended to get us in line, not the illegals.
These IDs help them sign up for insurance and other things that require an ID, and this ID is in the proper format to be accepted by the federal government.