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.”
Then why did I just spend $85 to get this ID just to get on a fucking plane?
Because not having an ID is a crime. Having the ID just isn’t proof you didn’t commit a crime.
It’s a Heads-I-Win, Tails-You-Lose situation
There have already been cases where ICE has disregarded Passports. They really don’t care what if you’re a citizen, so they don’t really care if you have proof of citizenship.
They don’t give a shit if you have proper ID or not, they JUST wanna punish brown people for not being white.
“This brown person has REAL ID, it must not work”
Are we sure Philip Lavoie is a citizen? Sounds French, let’s deport him to El Salvador.
These people are a joke.
Gotta be something worse to call them; jokes are usually funny. These people ain’t funny. Like clowns. 🤡
Eat a bag of ducks and run the ID. Yes its not tied to citizenship. But legal status.
So ridiculous since that was the whole fucking point.
WTF?!?! The Real ID and US Passports do not mean shit in the USA. Fakes! Every single one of them
Edit: sorry got Real ID mixed up with ID.me
This is bullshit, and clearly they don’t care if you have documentation or not, they jsut want to harass brown people.
“just one more flaming hoop, we promise!”
At least as long as there’s flaming hoops, they’re still expecting people to be able to jump.
It doesn’t work like that.
We’re not supposed to be able to jump through the flaming hoops.
They’re too far apart, too narrow, they keep moving, and we’re forced to wear a blindfold.
We’re supposed to get burnt.
Meanwhile, “the right kind of people” don’t have to jump through the hoops, and laugh while watching us burn, without realising that the definition of “right kind of people” keeps getting more and more narrow, and that soon it might be them getting broiled on the hoops.
Still don’t have my REAL ID, I have my passport. Zero reason to get one until I’m forced to in 2028 when I renew.
Personally at this point I think passports should be free for every US Citizen to get, or at least the card one.
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.
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.
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.
Verified in the ditch across the road.
I didn’t think anyone is forced to get real id. Are they? I though it was always optional.
There was a pretty active intimidation campaign in NY for a few years. No RealID? You can’t travel, can’t cross the border (Canada) can’t fly etc etc.
If it was free or included with my passport application sure is get it. I didn’t see the need for it as passports exist.
For years I thought it was DHS saying you couldn’t get on a plane without one. Also they are trying to say they will charge you money for an alternative ID soon. Pretty stupid.
At least in Massachusetts, they’ve been pushing back making it mandatory since it rolled out. Every time it gets close to the deadline for when it’s supposed to go into effect, they push it back another couple of years.
Fascists will always contrive some arbitrary rationalization to do whatever the fuck they want to do with you. They have no allegiance to truth, logic or consistency.
So is a passport.
Birth certificate? Straight to jail
So, what can be used to confirm citizenship, DHS?
inb4 “nothing”
Melanin levels mostly
I think this is the only one the likes of Stephen Miller want to accept.
Doesn’t matter if your family has been here for generations…
Skin color. Sexual orientation. Gender. Mental health. Loyalty to an orange pedophile. Those are the only real way to know your citizenship status.
Let’s not forget political affiliation for tie breakers!
A proven record of donations to Trump.
Why did I go through this bullshit? Enough will never be enough in the bipartisan police state.
You went through the bullshit to give the federal government a photograph for their facial recognition database associated with high quality identifying information.
A national ID card for surveillance purposes was ALWAYS the objective.
