TSA may start charging a fee for travelers without a Real ID or other approved ID

CBS ^ | 20 Nov 2025 | Megan Cerullo

[blueplum]

I wouldn't mind paying $18, but to take it a step further, how about receiving a laminated Federal real ID card in return? A point-of-access issue sure would save hours in the hell-hole known as the DMV.....

[paudio]

I didn’t know that we can fly even without showing a ‘real’ ID...

[C210N]

This is aimed at illegals

[Angelino97]

That's what I thought. I got a Real ID because I thought it was the only way I could fly.

I only fly about once a year. I wonder if paying an $18 fee would have been cheaper?

[ClearCase_guy]

In third world countries, when the police hassle you about your papers, you can just slip them some cash to smooth the process. Glad we’re so different,

[Bernard]

A “Real” ID. You mean like an illegal alien named “No Name Given” who was issued a CDL? Kinda defeats the purpose, doesn’t it?

[Telepathic Intruder]

Neither did I. An $18 fee for not having one sounds better than the $60 fee I was charged to get a new driver’s license.

[ComputerGuy]

The cost of being regulated keeps rising.

[Adder]

You can still use a passport.

I refuse top get a “real ID”. Just on principle. Besides all you do is show some dmv worker your birth certificate and, I dunno, some bill with your name on it, pay $20 or $30 and get it in the mail.

Not much vetting involved. I did that already when I first got my dl.

[BradyLS]

Folks are still flying around without Real ID? I thought folks without “Real ID” were supposed to be prevented from boarding. All in the name of “safety,” donchaknow. Nice to see that’s working out.🙄

[No name given]

Only if you’re an illegal alien.

[Karl Spooner]

"Don't worry about it, Al, I'll pay the 18 dollars - no questions asked.".

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[Bikkuri]

TSA needs to be eliminated.

[Theophilus]

Abolish the TSA or have the Fed Government run the entire airline industry lock, stock and barrel: Full Fascism.

[Dogbert41]

Good thing this won’t bother the thirty million illegal invaders. They all have real id.

[blitz128]

Exactly?
How about this, no REALID, no fly, bye

[mewzilla]

My solution...

Issue every adult American citizen, at no out of pocket cost, an American passport. Put minors on the parents’.

Make that the gold standard for ID.

Make passport fraud a capital offense.

Doing the above would solve a lot of problems.

And it would be use of taxpayer money I would heartily support.

[HYPOCRACY]

Can we shut the government down again? At least until the TSA assholes all starve to death.

[MayflowerMadam]

We use our Passports.

But Duffy or Noem needs to end this Real ID BS.

[MayflowerMadam]

“I refuse top get a ‘real ID’. Just on principle.”

Ditto!!!

This crap needs to be rescinded.