Noem Says Americans Without REAL ID by Deadline Can Still Fly

The Homeland Security secretary added that they may face additional procedures at checkpoints when the rule goes into effect Wednesday.

Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem said that travelers who lack a REAL ID can still board domestic flights for the time being, even after the requirement takes effect starting on Wednesday.

While speaking to a House panel on Tuesday, Noem said that people without a REAL ID will likely face additional procedures until they are allowed past an airport security checkpoint.

Noem told the hearing that โ€œwe will be honoring passports [and] other federally recognized IDsโ€ and that tribal IDs will be recognized at airport checkpoints.

โ€œWhat will happen tomorrow is folks will come through the line, and [those travelers] will issue their ID, and show it. If itโ€™s not compliant, they may be diverted to a different line, have an extra step, but people will be allowed to fly,โ€ Noem told lawmakers.

The REAL ID enforcement date has been delayed numerous times since Congress passed the measure in 2005 in a bid to improve national security after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks and recommendations from the 9/11 Commission. Officials in December 2022 pushed back the REAL ID enforcement deadline until May 2025.

Under the law, people can also use their passports to board a domestic flight if they donโ€™t have a REAL ID, according to the Transportation Security Administration (TSA).

TSA said in early April that passengers who are 18 or older without passports or the enhanced IDs โ€œcan expect to face delays, additional screening and the possibility of not being permitted into the security checkpoint.โ€

According to the DHS, other acceptable identification can be shown in a TSA checkpoint, including enhanced driverโ€™s licenses issued in New York, Washington, Michigan, Minnesota, and Vermont. DHS-trusted traveler cards such as Global Entry, NEXUS, SENTRI, and FAST, as well as Department of Defense IDs, permanent resident cards or green cards, border crossing cards, a Canadian-issued driverโ€™s license or ID card, and several other forms of government IDs are also acceptable alternatives.

โ€œWe recognize that this is a security issue,โ€ Noem also said on Tuesday. โ€œCongress has had many, many years to reevaluate it and decide if they wanted to change the law or to stop it, and the Biden administration chose that it should go into place on May 7.โ€

The secretary said that about 81 percent of travelers already have REAL ID-compliant cards.

Byย Jack Phillips

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