DMV lines remain long as Real ID law goes into effect nationwide

MIAMI – After decades of delays, Wednesday is enforcement time for Read ID’s astatine airports nationwide.

It’s starring to agelong lines astatine the DMV for those who inactive don’t person a driver’s licence oregon ID with the golden prima successful the apical close corner.

“I did person to marque an assignment astir 3 months ago, but it was an hr wait, springiness oregon take,” said Karolay Cabrere, who visited a Pembroke Pines DMV connected Wednesday. “Now I tin really fly.”

At Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport Wednesday morning, travelers needed to person a Real ID oregon hazard missing their trip.

On Tuesday, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem warned passengers of the instrumentality going into effect.

“This instrumentality volition beryllium enforced and it volition let america to cognize individuals successful this state of who they are and that they are authorized to travel,” said Noem.

The Real ID instrumentality was passed by legislature backmost successful 2005, the extremity being to amended nationalist security.

Signs are up astatine Miami International Airport and astatine FLL alerting passengers of the caller requirement.

If you don’t person a golden prima connected your ID, you can’t usage it, but determination are different acceptable forms of recognition that volition assistance you the aforesaid entree to national services similar TSA arsenic Real ID.

“We volition beryllium honoring passports different federally recognized IDs,” said Noem. “Tribal IDs volition beryllium recognized.”

Noem added if you bash not person a Real ID, a passport oregon a planetary introduction card, you whitethorn inactive committee your home commercialized flight, but you could beryllium delayed.

“If it’s not compliant, they whitethorn beryllium diverted to a antithetic line, person an other measurement but radical volition beryllium allowed to fly,” said Noem.

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