It's the punch line to a bad joke that started 20 years ago when Congress passed the REAL ID Act.

Only the government could spend 20 years creating a national ID that no one wanted and that apparently doesn’t even work as a national ID.

But that’s what the federal government has accomplished with the REAL ID, which the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) now considers unreliable, even though getting one requires providing proof of citizenship or lawful status in the country.

In a December 11 court filing, Philip Lavoie, the acting assistant special agent in charge of DHS’ Mobile, Alabama, office, stated that, “REAL ID can be unreliable to confirm U.S. citizenship.”

  • kautau@lemmy.world
    93·
    2 days ago

    Yeah pretty sure the real point they’re saying this now is so that ICE can black bag people with a real ID not carrying their passport. Only a matter of time until that can’t be verified too.

    • eli@lemmy.world
      281·
      2 days ago

      Oh for sure, no doubt about that. Just like the post office date marking on mail being changed. It’s all bullshit the Trump administration is trying to get away with.

      • ferrule@sh.itjust.works
        2·
        1 day ago

        You have to love that the only hand Trump and his administration have to play is “we are too incompetent.” Run the country into the ground and then do your evil acts with no government to stop them.