Real ID Deadline Approaches: Nationwide Push Intensifies

With less than a year until the Real ID enforcement, states mobilize resources to ensure compliance by May 2025.

States are deploying mobile units and offering online tools to facilitate the Real ID application process.
New York and other states report that less than half of their residents currently possess Real IDs, prompting concern.
The Real ID Act, aimed at enhancing security post-9/11, mandates these IDs for air travel and federal facility access from 2025.
Critics argue that the Real ID Act may infringe on privacy and has faced multiple delays since its 2005 inception.
Despite skepticism about further delays, the Department of Homeland Security insists the 2025 deadline will be enforced.