Juan Mann Archive


May 17, 2005
REAL ID . . . REALly For Illegal Aliens

By Juan Mann

Be careful what you wish for.

The REAL ID Act, advertised as preventing states from issuing driver’s licenses to illegal aliens, is now the law of the land.

REAL ID has all the right enemies. The Treason Lobby has denounced it as preventing "many drivers" from obtaining licenses.

But this is the truth: the REAL ID Act still contains loopholes big enough to allow truckloads of illegal aliens to get valid temporary state driver’s licenses.

This driver’s license language first surfaced in the former H.R. 10, but was purged from the final 9/11 "Intelligence Reform" bill. The language reappeared as part of the supplemental appropriations bill for the Iraq war that was signed into law by President Bush on May 10.

The federal requirements for state driver’s license and identification cards are scheduled to go into effect three years from nowâ€â€