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DHS Secretary Kristi Noem Issues 'Real ID' Warning, Faces Immense Backlash * 100PercentFedUp.com * by Danielle

NEWS HEADLINES: DHS Secretary Kristi Noem Issues ‘Real ID’ Warning, Faces Immense Backlash * 100PercentFedUp.com * by Danielle

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Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem published a video warning about the implementation of ‘Real ID.’

“Starting May 7, you will need a Real ID to fly. Real IDs make identification harder to forge, thwarting criminals and terrorists. If you plan to fly, make sure you get a Real ID so you won’t be denied from your flight or face travel delays!” Noem wrote.

“These IDs keep our country safe because they help prevent fraud and they enhance security. Please do your part to protect our country,” she said.

WATCH:

“On May 7, 2025, U.S. travelers must be REAL ID compliant to board domestic flights and access certain federal facilities. Find out if you’re REAL ID ready with our interactive tool, or select your state or territory!” DHS writes on its website.

X users weren’t shy about their criticism of Real ID.

Per Breitbart:

According to the DHS website‘s frequently asked questions regarding REAL ID’s, The REAL ID Act was passed by Congress in 2005, and it “enacted the 9/11 Commission’s recommendation that the Federal Government ‘set standards for the issuance of sources of identification, such as driver’s licenses.’”

“Congress passed the REAL ID Act in 2005 to enhance security standards for identification, directly in response to the security vulnerabilities highlighted by the 9/11 attacks,” TSA Administrator David Pekoske said in a press release from January. “Identity verification is foundational to security. I urge those who use a driver’s license or state-issued identity card as their primary form of identification to access federal facilities or board commercial passenger aircraft, to ensure these credentials are REAL ID-compliant.”

“REAL ID is real stupid. Just another way for our federal government to track legal citizens. There was nothing wrong with state driver licenses. Many years ago it was sold to conservatives as a way to keep illegals from driving, flying, benefits, etc. How did that work out?” Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) previously said.

From the Electronic Frontier Foundation:

The federal government is trying to force states to turn your drivers license into a national ID. Unless you tell your state legislator to push back the Real ID Act will create grave dangers to privacy and impose massive financial burdens without improving national security in the least.

Signed into law in May 2005 without meaningful debate the Real ID Act states that drivers licenses will only be accepted for “federal purposes”—like accessing planes trains national parks and court houses—if they conform to certain uniform standards. The law also requires a vast national database linking all of the ID records together.

Once the IDs and database are in place their uses will inevitably expand to facilitate a wide range of surveillance activities. Remember the Social Security number started innocuously enough but it has become a prerequisite for a host of government services and been coopted by private companies to create massive databases of personal information. A national ID poses similar dangers; for example because “common machine-readable technology” will be required on every ID the government and businesses will be able to easily read your private information off the cards in myriad contexts.

Real ID won’t just cost you your privacy. The federal government didn’t give the states funds to implement the law and overcome its many administrative burdens so the billions of dollars in costs will be passed down to you in the form of increased DMV fees or taxes.

And what will you get in return? Not improved national security because IDs do nothing to stop those who haven’t already been identified as threats and wrongdoers will still be able to create fake documents. In fact the IDs and database will simply create an irresistible target for identity thieves.





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