TSA May Stop Accepting Licenses from Minnesota, New Mexico, Washington

If the Department of Homeland Security gets what it wants.Residents of a handful of states may soon need to remember their passport before they head to the airport, even when flying domestically.That’s because the Transportation Security Administration is getting closer to enforcing a decade-old federal law demanding that states comply with various federal standards when issuing driver’s licenses and The New York Times reports that residents in a few non-compliant states may not be able to use their driver’s licenses pass through airport security lines as soon as next year.While the Department of Homeland Security (which includes the TSA) has approved some states’ proof of identity standards, while granting extensions to others, the Times reports that Minnesota, New Mexico, and Washington are among the states that could soon see their state-issued driver’s licenses turned away at U.S. airports, which would mean that residents would have to supply another form of government-approved identification before they board a plane.

 

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