[CedarDave]

The story goes on to say the labs will not honor NM licenses starting January 10 and current licenses will not be honored at airports sometime next year.

(About time - NM Gov. Martinez (R) has been trying to revoke former Rat Gov Richardson's legislation since 2010 but Rats in the state senate have stalled it.)

[CedarDave]

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[Tijeras_Slim]

Great, my base pass expires about then.

[null and void]

Heck, I didn’t even know ISIS issues passports...

[rktman]

Thankfully we can be assured that NOBODY makes fake passports. And, if they do, institute intergalactic background checks. That ought to take care of any problems.

[originalbuckeye]

Why bother? Obama, et al, will be issuing them to all the newly minted ‘citizens’ (illegal aliens) ASAP.

[justlurking]

Los Alamos and Sandia are a bit behind the curve.

I’ve already run into a case where a driver’s license wasn’t sufficient ID for a defense contractor to prove I’m in the country legally.

I had to have my passport overnighted to me.

[justlurking]

current licenses will not be honored at airports sometime next year.

This is the big news. NM residents without a passport won't be able to go through the security screening line without getting an "enhanced" screening.

Adults CAN fly without a driver's license. I've done it, after losing mine in the middle of a trip. I explained what happened, and was taken aside for a very personal screening.

[justlurking]

There's more information here:

REAL ID Enforcement in Brief

There's a chart there:

Phase		Enforcement		Notification period	Full Enforcement
1		Restricted areas for DHS/NAC		1/20/14	04/21/14
2		Restricted areas for all Federal facilities & for nuclear power plants		04/21/14	07/21/14
3		Semi-restricted for all Federal facilities		10/20/14	01/19/15
3a		Facility Security Levels 1 and 2		10/20/14	01/19/15
3b		Facility Security Levels 3, 4, and 5		07/13/15	10/10/15
2015 Review and Evaluation
4		Aircraft (Acceptable with 2nd form of ID)		No sooner than 2016

But, NM got an grace period -- which expires on 2016-01-10. Further extension was denied.

If you look on the right side of the URL I posted above, you'll see a list of states and their compliance status. Note that NM has a # beside it. Also, note how many other states have a # -- all of them are in danger of being non-compliant on 2016-01-10 when the grace period ends.

[Lurkina.n.Learnin]

Isn’t that raciss or sumptun?

[PAR35]

current licenses will not be honored at airports sometime next year.

New York had enough pull to get a waiver. I think Louisiana got one, as well. http://blog.timesunion.com/gettingthere/state-gets-extension-on-using-drivers-license-at-tsa-checkpoints/6983/

[pgobrien]

http://www.dhs.gov/real-id-public-faqs
Read this short missive.
Most interesting where you DON’T have to have Real ID

REAL ID does NOT apply to the following:

Entering Federal facilities that do not require a person to present identification
Voting or registering to vote
Applying for or receiving Federal benefits
Being licensed by a state to drive
Accessing Health or life preserving services (including hospitals and health clinics), law enforcement, or constitutionally protected activities (including a defendant’s access to court proceedings)
Participating in law enforcement proceedings or investigations