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The nation's airports are warning of chaos for passengers if the White House doesn't postpone the looming Real ID deadline.
The law requires airline passengers to present a Real ID-compliant driver's license or ID card at Transportation Security Administration checkpoints in airports as of Oct. 1. Those licenses require more proof of identification than regular licenses and are generally marked with a star on the top.
Last time I flew (four months ago), I asked the TSA agent if my current and valid Colorado Drivers License qualified as Real ID, and she didn't know! You would think that at least those people would be able to give a correct answer!
It’s surprising how so many states are so far behind and just catching up this past year, this deadline was known for several years.
Thanks Obama - delay after delay after extension after extension -- kicking that can down the road.
Trump Administration announced early that there would be NO more extensions.
I love this stuff! ...... CRISIS, OUTRAGE, Panic in the Streets .... I didn't KNOW!!!
ACI-NA President and CEO Kevin Burke told NBC News that "this is a crisis waiting to happen."
"If the government doesn't make a definitive statement now that they're going to extend this, then we're going to have a real crisis on our hands come Oct. 1," he said.
Congress passed the Real ID law after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, to create a single, robust national standard for all states and territories.
The Real ID Act of 2005, Pub.L. 109–13, 119 Stat. 302, enacted May 11, 2005, is an Act of Congress that modifies U.S. federal law pertaining to security, authentication, and issuance procedure standards for drivers' licenses and identity documents, as well as various immigration issues pertaining to terrorism.
The law sets forth requirements for state drivers' licenses and ID cards to be accepted by the federal government for "official purposes", as defined by the Secretary of the United States Department of Homeland Security. The Secretary of Homeland Security has defined "official purposes" as boarding commercially operated airline flights, and entering federal buildings and nuclear power plants, although the law gives the Secretary unlimited authority to require a "federal identification" for any other purposes. New York State has now lost their Global Entry due to their policies.
I checked my calendar this morning - today's date is February 20, 2020.
CHAOS because a Law was passed 15 years ago and now the Government says -- NO more extensions.
I got my "real ID" years ago - this is not rocket science. Proof of citizenship, proof of identity, proof of residence. I also have a passport of course and that will serve as a Real ID. Non Citizens in Texas are up a creek as of October 1 for voting and entering any Federal Building. Not the case (for voting in some States), but it's a start.
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