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The Department of Homeland Security has given Louisiana, Michigan and New York extensions to comply with the REAL ID Act by Oct. 10. Currently, only American Samoa and the Northern Mariana Islands risk being out of compliance on Jan. 22, when the Transportation Security Administration begins enforcement of the REAL ID Act.
The Act requires that driver’s licenses and other forms of state-issued IDs meet certain criteria to be accepted for commercial domestic flights.
Key points:
BAL Analysis: As DHS moves toward enforcing the REAL ID Act, the majority of states (26) have been granted extensions, which allow their residents to continue to use state-issued driver’s licenses at airport security when boarding domestic flights until Oct. 10, 2018.
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