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An illegal immigrant living in the U.S. under a stolen identity received roughly $400,000 in rental assistance, Social Security, and food stamps over a 20-year period, according to the Department of Justice. Lina Maria Orovio-Hernandez, a 59-year-old Colombian living in Boston, also voted in the last presidential election and obtained a Real ID. She was charged Thursday with false representation of a Social Security number, making a false statement in an application for a United States passport, aggravated identity theft, receiving stolen government money or property, fraudulent voter registration, and fraudulent voting. She has been in custody since February. "For...

Angry passengers have been left frustrated by the Transportation Security Administration's (TSA) enforcement of REAL ID, as "rude and dismissive" agents have been accused of refusing to accept valid forms. As of May 7, state-issued driver’s licenses and IDs that are not REAL ID compliant are no longer accepted as valid forms of identification at airports, and passengers could be prevented from boarding their flights if they do not have an acceptable form of ID...... TSA workers even responded to the poster, claiming that some of their colleagues were struggling to get a grasp of the new rules. "Some of...

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...

More than 100 countries around the world have a national ID card. Now the United States has one too. Starting on May 7th, you will be asked to show a REAL ID card if you want to fly on an airplane. Once authorities have established that precedent, it is just a matter of time before a REAL ID card is required for all sorts of other things. Being forced to “show your papers” in order to exercise basic freedoms goes against everything that this nation is supposed to represent. Unfortunately, that is precisely what is about to happen once we...

Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem has announced that effective May 7, 2025, all adult U.S. citizens must present a REAL ID-compliant form of identification or a valid passport to board domestic flights and access federal facilities. This enforcement marks the culmination of the REAL ID Act, originally passed in 2005 following the 9/11 Commission’s recommendations to enhance the integrity and security of state-issued identification documents. ​ On December 17, 2018, President Trump signed the REAL ID Act Modification for Freely Associated States Act, Public Law 115-323. “If you plan on traveling, we need your help to prevent delays...

Digital IDs The REAL ID is being supported with a strong push through the states. The immigration effort also appears to be supporting the combination of digital IDs plus biometrics. Stargate Data Centers The Stargate initiative involves the building out of data centers sufficient to support a complete control grid and all-digital monetary system. Stargate mRNA Injections The proposal for personalized mRNA “vaccines” for cancer (and everything else) indicates a plan to roll out the injection program sufficient to implement the Internet of Bodies and continue to lower life expectancy. Stargate funding also helps support the ongoing global rollout of...

American travelers are outraged by signs appearing at US airports appearing to allow migrants onto flights without showing proper identification. US citizens traveling domestically have to show a valid identification card or a passport to board a plane, but signs at certain airports say there are different rules for some newly arrived migrants. The signs claim the Transport Security Administration is working with Customs and Border Protection to “validate adult non-US citizen travel documentation when the traveler does not otherwise have an acceptable form of identification.” In practice, this means migrants who have entered the country using the CBP One...

As the Real ID program becomes mandatory for domestic air travel on May 7, 2025, Americans face a stark choice between privacy concerns and compliance, fundamentally altering the landscape of personal identification in the US. Key Points: Real ID becomes mandatory for domestic air travel on May 7, 2025 Traditional state-issued IDs will no longer be valid for domestic flights Less than half of Americans have passports, according to the State Department Enhanced IDs valid only for land or sea travel to Mexico and Canada, not for domestic flights Real ID originated in 2005, pushed by the Department of Homeland...

The use of mobile driving licences (“mDLs”) continues to expand globally, with countries such as Australia, South Korea and Paraguay following the path of early adopters like Mexico.The US is also seeing a spike in uptake, with six states already offering a digital identity credential as a valid mobile driving licence. According to a release from the Secure Technology Alliance, more are coming with 26 other states already in the process of introducing mDLs.Two years ago, The Last American Vagabond outlined how the push for digital identity programmes is a scam disguised as a human right. In an article published...

Florida Politics - Campaigns & Elections. Lobbying & Government. Transgender activists stage die-ins at Florida driver’s license offices Jacob OglesFebruary 9, 20243min Driver's LicenseFlorida Department Of Highway Safety And Motor VehiclesFlorida IDPRISMREAL ID ActRobert KynochTransgender Related Articles Maxwell Frost predicts Donald Trump would ‘wipe his ass’ with pleas to stop gun violence Stripping age restrictions set for next Senate stop Chad Chronister to officially kick off re-election campaign later this month Protesters demonstrated against a recent policy change disallowing changes in gender on state ID. Transgender activists staged die-ins at driver’s license offices statewide, with crowds disrupting business in many...

It’s been two and a half years, and soon the 2024 presidential primary season will be upon us, so it’s worth revisiting. Not all the details, just the big picture, and just a couple of very big numbers. Over the past two and a half years, the Left has constantly reminded us that the courts threw out a number of 2020 election challenges (usually without even taking a look at the evidence presented), and that the various people involved in filing the challenges have given up and withdrawn their charges after seeing the overwhelming forces marshalled against them. But none...

(CNN) — If you've been sweating out that latest deadline for REAL ID required for US air travel, you're getting another reprieve. The US federal government has yet again delayed nationwide security requirements for driver's licenses and other identification cards, giving states more time to issue REAL IDs to residents. The identification requirements were expected to kick in this coming spring. But they will be delayed another two years until May 7, 2025. That's another 883 days away.

In obtaining a real ID and reviewing the list of valid documents to prove citizenry and place of residence, I found it rather telling that a ballot is not considered proof of anything. It is also interesting that my selective service papers are not considered proof of citizenship. Who else would be registered for the draft other than a citizen?

The Department of Homeland Security has pushed back the Real ID deadline until 2023. Originally, air travelers were going to need to have a Real ID by October 1, 2020, in order to board a domestic flight. Last year, the Trump Administration bumped that deadline out a year to October 1, 2021. Now, it’s been bumped out all the way until May 3, 2023...

Well, it's finally happened. After years of effort and warnings and threats, with Oklahoma becoming compliant, the Federal Government has officially declared that all 50 States are now compliant with REAL ID. So now, to obtain State Identification Cards and Driver's License Cards, all 50 States have the same minimum requirements and standards. For all our Republican States - Democrat States divisions right now, at least we have this in common - and right now we could use everything possible in common.

The requirement for Americans to obtain a Real ID for travel will be delayed one year, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced Thursday. Americans will now have until Oct. 1, 2021 to get Real ID Act compliant identification needed to board commercial flights, enter federal buildings or gain access to American nuclear plants. President Trump recommended the delay earlier this week to ease crowding at Department of Motor Vehicle (DMV) offices. SNIP

The Oct.1 deadline for millions of California drivers to get a REAL ID has been indefinitely extended because of the spreading coronavirus, which should ease some of the pressure on the DMV, where it is taking up to three months to book appointments for a required office visit. President Donald Trump’s announcement this week was greeted with relief by drivers and travel groups. Trump did not say what the new deadline would be. So far, 7.6 million state motorists have gotten a REAL ID. But about 16 million do not have a REAL ID, and without it or a valid...

A valid form of photo identification is required to be a participant at the National Education Association's Representative Assembly. Wanna bet this same group opposes voter identification laws as a form of "voter suppression."

California residents, facing a mandatory background check on ammunition sales starting in July, will need to bring an updated ID, passport or birth certificate with them to buy ammo. (Photo: Chris Eger/Guns.com)With just over a week to go before a looming ammunition control law takes effect, California officials are backing a new requirement that could leave many unable to buy ammo. Prop. 63, approved by voters in 2016 after an effort by now-Gov. Gavin Newsom, requires a background check be conducted on all sales of ammunition in the state. Set to go live on July 1, the California Department of...

Being obsessively early, I meandered to the Oceanside office of the DVV, thankfully close to McD's and IN-N-Out. Did O say 6:50 AM. I should have known better. My friend drive by yesterday at 3 and said half empty parking lot. Couldn't make out then. About 30 chairs under a cover by the front door. Some people hang standing hopping to cut the line. Some already waiting down the side of the building. 7:50 guy come out and starts down the line of chairs cutting off the jumpers in the middle standing. You want what, one there. you want how,...