Top Dem asks Noem how TSA will prevent ‘major disruptions’ as many travelers still lack REAL ID
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FoxNewscorrespondentCBCottonjoins‘America’sNewsroom’togivethelatestonU.S.airportssoonrequiringREALIDstobeshownfordomesticflights.
ThetopDemocratontheSenateHomelandSecurityCommitteedemandedanswersfromtheTrumpadministrationoverpotentiallystrandedAmericantravelersonceREALIDrequirementstakeeffectMay7.
RhodeIslandSen.JackReedwrotetoHomelandSecuritySecretaryKristiNoemregardingplanstobeginenforcementthatday,afterPresidentDonaldTrumpgaveDHSdiscretiononwhentobeginenforcementofthechronicallydelayedBush-eralaw.
“Followingtherecommendationsofthe9/11Commission,Congresspassed,andthen-PresidentGeorgeW.Bushsigned,theREALIDActof2005,whichrequiresminimumsecuritystandardsfordriver’slicensesorotheridentificationofanyoneseekingtoboardadomesticflight,”Reedwrote.
“RecognizingthetimeandcomplexityinvolvedinswitchingtoREALID-compliantdriver’slicensesandidentificationcards,PresidentTr