Americans will soon be barred from boarding airplanes unless they surrender to federal ‘Real ID’ card
by: J. D. Heyes
NaturalNews.com
Thursday, September 04, 2014
Residents of nine states who attempt to use their driver’s license to enter some government agency offices will be denied, because their legislatures have not agreed to accept a federal law called REAL ID. In fact, according to The Boston Globe, if those states do not accept the law, residents will also eventually lose their ability to use driver’s licenses to board commercial flights.
The paper reported that the federal REAL ID essentially forces compliance by states to ensure citizenship verification and to update their security standards when they issue driver’s licenses. Lawmakers in D.C. initially believed that the law would deter terrorists who make it into the country illegally from being able to board flights.
However, officials in the nine states have chosen to forego the program because of a number of factors: It costs millions, there are privacy concerns, and the law violates the 10th Amendment by impinging on states’ rights.
The Globe said states that did not accept the REAL ID are not penalized — directly — but their citizens suffer. Some of the law’s restrictions began in late July.
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