Washington – Travelers that do not Real compatible id In the next deadline of this week you can still fly, but it should be prepared for additional scrutiny, the National Security Chief said Tuesday.
Kristi calls He told a Congress panel that 81% of travelers already have identifications that meet the real identification requirements. She said the security control points will also accept passports and tribal identification when the deadline arrives on Wednesday.
Those who still lack an identification that complies with the real identification law “can deviate to a different line, have an additional step,” said Noem.
“But people will be allowed to fly,” he said. “We will make sure it is as fluid as possible.”
Throughout the country, the Motorized Vehicle Offices Department extended its hours to help meet demand. But despite that, some people waited hours on Tuesday to obtain a real identification before the delay deadline.
Renel Leggett, a university student from West Chester, Pennsylvania, spent hours obtaining his real identification and was not happy with that.
“I have been here for three hours to get an identification when I have already had one that should have lasted until approximately 2029,” Leggett said.
“You have to do it. But it feels like a waste of time,” he said.
Real ID is a license or identification card issued by the State that meets the federal that national security says it is a safer way of identification. It was a recommendation of the commission of September 11 and was signed in law in 2005.
The commission recommended that the Government establish security standards for driving licenses and identifications issued by the State. It was supposed to be implemented in 2008. But the implementation has been repeatedly delayed.
In addition to needing real identification to fly nationwide, people will also need one to access certain federal buildings and facilities.
In recent weeks, Noem has warned the American public about the next deadline. In a television announcement published by National Security, he warned that these identifications were necessary for air trips and to enter public buildings, adding: “These identifications keep our country safe.”
A driving license that meets real identification has a symbol ( In most states, a star ) in the upper corner of the card.
In California, approximately 58% of all driver’s licenses and identification card holders have real identification. The State has extended the hours of some offices of the Motorized Vehicle Department until June 27 to help more people obtain the identification required by the Federal Government. Officials also remind residents that if they already have a valid American passport, they can wait to update real identification when their identification or driver’s license are renewed.
Lucas Krump was traveling on Tuesday to San Francisco for business from Newark, New Jersey, and said he was using a passport to overcome security.
“I don’t have a license that is a real identification,” he said. “I question the bureaucracy around it. It feels like attacks against common people, having to update their licenses and all its identification for something that really, you know, it seems that we have been well without it.”
In Driver’s office in Jackson, Mississippi, there were no long tails on Tuesday, and people received their real identifications quite quickly.
Marion Henderson said before entering that he planned to travel to California, Michigan, Chicago and New York this year and wanted to be prepared.
“Although I have my license, now that it is necessary, I wanted to move on and do it” before the deadline, Henderson said.
