Republican Rep. Thomas Massie of Kentucky is leading a charge against the Trump administration’s plan to put REAL ID into effect.
REAL ID was approved in 2005, although it has never been put into effect. The Trump administration has said it will take effect May 7, according to Fox News.
The impact on travelers is that only state ID cards, such as drivers’ licenses, that are REAL ID compliant will be accepted for domestic air travel.
TSA senior official Adam Stahl said REAL ID “bolsters safety by making fraudulent IDs harder to forge, thwarting criminals and terrorists.”
But Massie has ripped into the change on social media platform X.
“If you think Real ID is about election integrity, you’re going to be sorely disappointed. Someone
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