Real ID
| Document Name | Real ID |
|---|---|
| Document Type: | US Federal ID Card |
According to the U.S. government
[edit | edit source]2005 law modifying security, authentication, and issuance procedures for state drivers licenses and identity cards The Real ID Act of 2005 is a United States federal law that standardized requirements for driver's licenses and identification cards issued by US states and territories in order to be accepted for accessing US government facilities, nuclear power plants, and for boarding airline flights in the United States.
The requirements include verification of the personal information presented when applying for the identification document, security features on the document, and electronic sharing of databases between states. The act also made modifications to US immigration law regarding asylum, border security, deportation, and specific work visas. Enacted in response to the September 11 attacks, the provisions regarding identification documents were originally intended to take effect in 2008, but enforcement was repeatedly delayed due to widespread opposition and refusal by many state governments to implement them.
• Long title - An Act to establish and rapidly implement regulations for state driver's license and identification document security standards, to prevent terrorists from abusing the asylum laws of the United States, to unify terrorism-related grounds for inadmissibility and removal, and to ensure expeditious construction of the San Diego border fence.
• Enacted by - the 109th United States Congress
• Effective - Immigration provisions, May 11, 2005, Identification document provisions, May 11, 2008 (original), April 21, 2014–January 22, 2018 (state-based), May 7, 2025–May 5, 2027 (card-based)
• Public law - 109-13
• Statutes at Large - 119 Stat. 302
• U.S.C. sections amended - Immigration provisions, 8 U.S.C.
The Reality
[edit | edit source]Real ID is an unconstitutional National ID that will end state and personal sovereignty. Contact your U.S. Representative and U.S. Senator and ask them to require TSA to withdraw the “progressive reinforcement” rule and to repeal REAL ID.
“This really is a National Identification card for the United States of America for the first time in our history. We’ve never done this before, and we shouldn’t be doing it without a full debate… I’m very, very reluctant for this country to have a National ID card . . .” – U.S. Senator Lamar Alexander during the 2005 Senate floor debate on REAL ID
“By federalizing driver licensing the REAL ID Act usurps this power which has been reserved to the states.” – Letter to President Trump from 116 Pennsylvania legislators, January 30, 2017
POINTS TO KNOW
[edit | edit source]- REAL ID is an unconstitutional National ID that will end state and personal sovereignty (CCHF Public Comment).
- Fully imposed, it will be digitized, potentially put on your phone, made real-time and remotely accessible, and used to track and control movement, purchases, and transactions (AAMVA Testimony).
- REAL ID could become a Chinese-like social credit system, linked to a global ID.
- The expanding use of biometric and digital ID systems are potential threats to medical privacy, patient autonomy, and individual freedom. REAL ID opens the door to tracking, profiling, and control over your medical choices and daily life.
- Don’t buy the lie. You can still fly – without REAL ID.
- Indeed you may be able to fly without any ID, according to Gilmore vs. Gonzalez. Processes are in place today if you lose your ID, including questions you need to answer (i.e. What was the color of your first car?) and a search.
- TAKE ACTION: Ask Congress to: 1. Require TSA to withdraw the “progressive enforcement” rule and 2. Repeal the law.
HISTORY
[edit | edit source]In 2005, Congress passed an unconstitutional law requiring all American citizens to be issued a “National Identification card” (U.S. Senator Lamar Alexander’s words on the Senate floor) – a REAL ID. In 2008, the Department of Homeland Security issued a rule requiring all states to conform to the unconstitutional federal law and issue REAL IDs for driver’s licenses and identification cards.
More than half of the states REFUSED this usurpation of states’ rights—25 states passed laws prohibiting compliance and 12 states passed resolutions opposing REAL ID. Federal deadline after deadline passed with little state compliance. In 2016, President Obama issued the “You can’t fly” lie. In 2017, U.S. Senator Rand Paul sponsored a bill to repeal REAL ID, but it did not advance (Senator Paul is now the chair of the U.S. Senate’s Homeland Security committee).
The news media parroted the “you can’t fly” lie, and Americans began pressuring state legislators to comply. By 2018, most states were in compliance with the federal rule, but a majority of cards were not.
Find the 15 other acceptable identification documents that can be used to fly on the TSA website.
Today 44 percent of all IDs and driver’s licenses are not in compliance. For the sake of protecting our constitutional rights and freedoms, we need to increase that number. People with REAL IDs should switch to a standard ID or DL in the 45 states that do not require you to have a REAL ID.
Under the U.S. Constitution, no one is required to submit to REAL ID, or any National ID system.
