States Resist REAL ID Implementation
With the deadline for setting up REAL ID two years away, states are frustrated. They say the law � which requires states to use sources like birth certificates and national immigration databases to verify that people applying for or renewing driver's licenses are American citizens or legal residents � will be too expensive and difficult to put in place by the May 2008 deadline. Another issue is the privacy impact of the requirement that states share, through databases, the personal information needed for a driver's license.
Mandate for ID Meets Resistance From States, New York Times, May 6, 2006.
