Podcasts Government Federal Drive with Tom Temin For state governments, the REAL ID mandate might seem more unreal than ever

For state governments, the REAL ID mandate might seem more unreal than ever

Published: May 25, 2021, 1:12 p.m.

b"Some time in the distant past, Congress imposed a mandate on states to issue driver's licenses and other forms of identification tied to a stack of documents that would verify the IDs. One form of enforcement would be denial of boarding commercial aircraft unless the passenger could produce a REAL ID. The latest deadline for enforcement to start was to have been this October. Now the Biden administration has pushed it back to May of 2023, citing the pandemic. For reaction, the legislative director for homeland security and public safety at the National Governors Association, Mary Catherine Ott.\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices"