That roadblocks means that, starting this week, Minnesota driver’s licenses can no longer be used to enter certain federal facilities.
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The decision from the Department of Homeland Security, received Tuesday by Gov. Mark Dayton’s office, means Minnesota will be the only state in the nation that has driver’s licenses eschewed by the federal government and that lacks permission to work on the issue in the future.
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Meehan says the Department of Homeland Security has essentially given Minnesota a blueprint saying which requirements aren’t being met. Those without a passport will still be able to fly but will be subject to an additional security process yet to be defined.
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“States have taken different approaches”, she said.
“We felt it was misguided and shortsighted on their part”, he said.
But Illinois has otherwise been one of many states resistant to the Real ID Act, which was passed by Congress in 2005, following a 9/11 Commission recommendation to tighten standards on government-issued IDs.
It is unclear when the consequences would kick in for Real ID.
For a state in the midst of economic turmoil – and without a budget for six months – the issue is no surprise: money. Annual cost of complying would be at least $4 million.
“Potentially into the upwards of millions of dollars, that was a big negative”, Druker said.
Dayton reacted Wednesday to the Department of Homeland Security’s denial of a request for a waiver for implementing Real ID, a security-enhanced license that will soon be required for commercial air travel and entry into some federal buildings. The state had previously been granted two one-year extensions.
“If they made a choice to use a non-compliant ID, then they would have to have other forms of ID to meet the federal requirements”, Kent said.
Under the 2009 law, the state commissioner of public safety is specifically prohibited from even discussing Real ID with officials from the federal government. He hopes legislators will agree to a special session where they could lift a 2009 ban on planning for the Real ID conversion.
“Minnesota has done literally nothing to meet the standards on Real ID”, said Andrew Meehan with Keeping IDentities Safe, a national nonprofit pushing the few remaining Real ID holdouts to get on board. Now heading into 2016, we have panic. Dayton said his office has been verbally told by Homeland Security officials that between now and January 1, the federal agency will trigger a 120-day warning that the flight restrictions will be coming into affect.
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Lawmakers and Dayton have raised the possibility that when the state does adopt its changes, it will adopt a two-tiered Real ID policy.
