TSA Warns Flyers: The Deadline For REAL ID Is Almost Here

The purpose of REAL ID is to enhance the security of identification documents by establishing minimum standards for state-issued driver’s licenses and ID cards. You can talk about the pros and cons of it all day: it is in force on May 7th. The deadline was moved out due to Wuhan Flu. But, it’s almost here. So

REAL ID looming deadline prompts TSA travel warning: ‘Expect delays’

The fast-approaching deadline for REAL IDs has many Americans rushing to obtain the important new identification even as travel issues may lie ahead.

The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) issued a press release reminding Americans of the May 7 deadline while also warning of delays.

“Passengers who present a state-issued identification that is not REAL ID compliant and who do not have another acceptable alternative (e.g., passport) can expect to face delays, additional screening and the possibility of not being permitted into the security checkpoint,” the release said.

Air travelers at domestic airports will be required to present a REAL ID in order to fly.

TSA spokesperson Lorie Dankers told Fox News Digital the agency estimates that “81% of the public is ready for REAL ID enforcement.”

What this could cause would be slight delays per passenger without REAL ID, which would slow down the entire line. I suppose the solution would be to have additional screeners who can pull those without REAL ID aside and let the rest go through.

The NYACLU wrote about the problems that could maybe be caused by it all the way back in 2007, and other ACLU’s have said the same. Many Conservatives have also made the same claims, like about privacy concerns. They say it won’t stop terrorists. Some say it will make it easier for terrorists (no, that was Biden opening the border). Nothing, though, has appeared in the real world. And now you are getting tons of people, both Dems and GOP, whining about having to rush to get on. I have no sympathy. They had 20 years to get one, as it was part of the Patriot Act, which, yes, had plenty of its own issues that were proven. REAL ID has not been proven.

Real ID isn’t a database.

It’s proof that your physical person matches an entry in the digital database.

Its power & purpose will be realized when everyone complies, but not before.

This is responsive to “I didn’t give them much information, I’ve had one for years, why worry?”

— Thomas Massie (@RepThomasMassie) April 14, 2025

The government already has your information. REAL ID consolidates it, but, they already have it.

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For those who are too damn lazy to research why REAL ID leads to their own enslavement, I’ll throw ya a bone…

The REAL ID is an “internal (federal) passport” system just like the one they had in the Soviet Union, and currently have in North Korea.

Now ask yourself…

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— The Patriot Voice (@TPV_John) April 13, 2025

LOL. Do they realize that the government already has their information? And that we are called the United States Of America, because we were meant to be a bunch of mostly sovereign countries brought together under a federal government which had certain powers? Like making sure citizens could move from one state (which, at the time of our independence, was a main word for nation? It’s why we have a state department. When a leader from another country comes they play Hail To The Chief. Chief of what? State) to another without interference. Alright, I’m overdoing it with American Political Theory 101. You can see the moonbattery, though, with that tweet. I did not look to see what the politics of that person is, because I’ve seen it from way left through the middle to the way right.

And here’s

Or what??
Evidently existing ID requirements for American citizens just aren’t adequate now, so big brother is forcing us through more hoops for the “right” to travel within our own country. Other administrations delayed this newfangled, burdensome Real ID requirement. Are you… https://t.co/UwDr8968bf

— Sarah Palin (@SarahPalinUSA) April 11, 2025

People had 20 years to try and kill off REAL ID. They didn’t. The Obama regime mostly ignored it, didn’t push to implement. The Trump admin revived it, the Biden admin kept that revival going. One thing, it will supposedly make it harder for illegals and migrants to get ID, they are not supposed to be eligible, but, I guess we’ll see. Regardless, it’s almost here. No point in freaking out now.

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