What is the Real ID Act?
The REAL ID Act is NOT a National ID Card. It is simply a no-nonsense piece of legislation that can prevent another 9-11 from ever happening. The REAL ID Act would clamp down on illegal aliens’ ability to live and work under the radar in our country by severely restricting their ability to obtain and use driver’s licenses and state-issued identification cards. Specifically, the REAL ID Act would require that any driver’s license used as a form of identification to a federal official — like Transportation Security Administration officials at an airport — meet uniform standards that would include checking whether the ID holder is actually in this country legally. Moreover, the REAL ID act would address other loopholes exploited by the 9-11 hijackers, including: 1) Reforming of our nation’s asylum laws to make it easier for judges to deny aliens asylum when it is not warranted and to make it harder for potential terrorists to exploit the system; 2) Expanding the law so that terrorism-re
