TSA Will No Longer Accept Your Driver’s License

The TSA may no longer accept driver’s licenses as a valid form of identification at airports anymore. The agency says that driver’s licenses do not comply with the "Real ID" law that puts strict guidelines of valid forms of identification. Cenk Uygur and Ana Kasparian (The Point) hosts of The Young Turks discuss.

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“The citizens of several US states may soon find that they can't use their drivers' licenses to get into federal facilities or even board planes.

Enforcement of a 2005 federal law that sets identification standards, known as "Real ID," has been long-delayed. But now Department of Homeland Security officials say enforcement is imminent. The "Real ID" law requires states to implement certain security features before they issue IDs and verify the legal residency of anyone to whom they issue an ID card. The statute is in part a response to the suggestion of the 9/11 Commission, which noted that four of the 19 hijackers used state-issued ID cards to board planes.

Real ID also requires states to share their databases of driver information with other states. The information-sharing provisions are a big reason why some privacy groups opposed the law, saying it would effectively be the equivalent of a national identification card.”