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The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has announced that starting in May 2025, following the publication of the final rule regarding the use of REAL ID enforcement across airports in the United States, travelers will have to have identification that meets security requirements.

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[–] [email protected] -5 points 2 weeks ago (13 children)

What?

ID for flying is racist?

How?

[–] Almrond 12 points 2 weeks ago (12 children)

Because it isn't about having an ID, it's about having that specific, fairly onerous to get, ID. Im white. and its going to be a nightmare for me to get one because my birth certificate is basically a paper saying that I don't have one. I used to be able to fly with my drivers license, which takes about an hour to get a replacement of (and no guff about documentation, any old ID and social is enough).

[–] I_Has_A_Hat 2 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Hasn't like every state over the last 10 years started integrating Real ID into their drivers licenses? Unless you are traveling with an expired, or very close to expired, license; you should already have Real ID.

[–] Almrond 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Yeah... Looks like you forget that there are about 10 states that might as well exist in the 1800s technologically. I live in one of them. We wont see REAL ID implemented on a state level for a couple of decades if digital signatures are anything to go by.

[–] I_Has_A_Hat 0 points 2 weeks ago

As of September 2020, all states and DC are REAL ID compliant, so I'm not sure what you're talking about.

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