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AIR TRAVEL ID CRISIS COMING
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Feb 27, 2025
On May 7th all air travelers must have Real ID (or a passport) to fly domestically. However, almost half of all air travelers don't have Real ID. Some in Congress are predicting utter mayhem at airports come the deadline as millions of domestic travelers will be caught unaware.
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the clock is now ticking for airline
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travelers to get an ID which will allow
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you to pass through airport security
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it's called real ID where are we flying
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well I'm flying to New Orleans today
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since I'm a real ID nice I'll stay here
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be your real ID self conceived in
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response to the 911 attacks after it was
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discovered that hijackers could easily
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obtain State driver licenses Congress
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decided they needed to be a universal
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security standard for State identity
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documents now a real ID is distinguished
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by a star on the upper right side of
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your driver's license which means you've
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met the criteria for proving your
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identity as I understand that you're
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going to be needing it to fly here um
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domestically s today 24 years after
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Congress mandated real ID 48% of the
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population still don't have it do you
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have one I don't have one but I know I
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need to get one do you have yours yet I
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do not the deadline real ID has been
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pushed back several times over the years
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but now Homeland Security says May 7th
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is the final deadline for real ID thank
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you Mr chair for two years ago a
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congressional subcommittee issued this
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dire prediction when it revealed that
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48% of the population had no real ID a
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figure which has not changed today May
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7th 2025 we're going to encounter utter
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Mayhem at our airports and what is
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behind that nightmare air travel predict
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ition if you do not have a real ID you
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will not be able to fly in the United
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States unless you happen to have a
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passport a global entry card or some
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other sort a governmen issued ID that is
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approved for air travel real ID goes
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beyond airport security allowing you
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access to include Federal buildings
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courts military installations and
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nuclear power plants but it's the
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airport component that most of us are
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going to be dealing with Homeland
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Security requirements for real ID
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include documentation which shows your
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full legal name your date of birth your
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social security number and two proofs of
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your principal address when you apply
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for your updated driver's license as I
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understand it it's been a little
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difficult for people to get appointments
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so I haven't prioritized it um so I
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think that can be a little bit of a
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challenge some states do have backlogs
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for getting a license so it's best to
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check and find out how soon you can get
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your real ID driver's license but real
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ID is not the permanent answer they're
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already looking at Biometrics as well as
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facial recognition and all of that is
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going to be stored in the cloud working
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for you I'm consum investigator St spr
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