DHS Official Admits REAL ID Unreliable for Confirming U.S. Citizenship
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Summary
The article discusses the Department of Homeland Security's admission that REAL ID, a national identification system developed over 20 years, is unreliable for confirming U.S. citizenship. Despite requiring proof of citizenship or lawful status to obtain, a DHS official stated in a court filing that REAL ID cannot be trusted for this purpose, highlighting government inefficiency and the program's failure to achieve its intended goals.
Key quotes
· 3 pulledREAL ID can be unreliable to confirm U.S. citizenship.
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.
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