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Top Dem asks Noem how TSA will prevent ‘major disruptions’ as many travelers still lack REAL ID

Top Dem asks Noem how TSA will prevent ‘major disruptions’ as many travelers still lack REAL ID

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