CNN
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New Jersey woman Lauren Mills is one of many Americans scrambling to get an updated driver’s license over the next 30 days to make sure she’s still able to fly domestically after new federal rules go into effect on May 7.
That’s the date that the Department of Homeland Security is set to enforce the deadline for “REAL ID” after years of pushing it back. The REAL ID Act, which was passed by Congress in 2005, enacted the 9/11 Commission’s recommendation that the federal government enhance security standards for identification.
“REAL ID state-issued identification cards significantly strengthen identity verification, which is a lynchpin in…
