May 11, 2023: New Post at Truth Comes to Light
REAL ID in the US: 15 Years On and Still Not in Full Effect
by Mike Maharrey
On this date in 2008, the REAL ID Act was supposed to go into effect.
It didn’t.
And it still isn’t in full effect to this day.
Last December, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) extended the enforcement deadline yet again for two more years, announcing it would not begin enforcing REAL ID requirements until May 2025.
In fact, the DHS has delayed the full implementation of REAL ID multiple times since Congress passed the act in 2005 with an original implementation date of May 11, 2008. Even with the federal government badgering states and using the threat of turning them into virtual no-fly zones to compel the adoption of REAL ID, the feds have found it incredibly difficult to coerce states into compliance.