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But we have not seen any impact thus far on line waits our security checkpoints.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That said, “Wednesday is one of our lowest passenger volume days of the week,” said Dankers. “It’s not by accident that we’re enforcing REAL ID starting today.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Keep reading for everything you need to know about REAL ID requirements and what you can expect at the airport ahead of your next domestic flight. Or jump straight to:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#tsa-without-real-id\">What will happen at the airport if I show up without a REAL ID on May 7?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#where\">How can I get a REAL ID?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#transgender\">How can transgender or nonbinary people mark their identity on a REAL ID?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#undocumented\">Can undocumented people request a REAL ID?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch2>Who needs to apply for a REAL ID?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>According to the law, now that REAL ID deadline has arrived, a federal agency won’t accept any state-issued driver’s license or identification card that does not follow REAL ID standards. This applies when you are entering:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>A Transportation Security Administration (TSA) or security checkpoint at a U.S. airport\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>A federal building\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>A military base\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>A nuclear power plant.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>In California, the Department of Motor Vehicles is the agency responsible for processing REAL ID applications. \u003cstrong>Jump straight to: \u003ca href=\"#where\">How can I get a REAL ID?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You can still \u003ca href=\"#where\">\u003cem>apply\u003c/em> for a REAL ID after May 7\u003c/a> — and of course, “not everybody in the country will be flying on [that date],” said Dankers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"do-i-already-have-real-id\">\u003c/a>How do I know if I already have a REAL ID?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>When you look at your current California driver’s license or identification card, what do you see in the upper right corner?\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12027114\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12027114\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/DL-real-id-768x986-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1185\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/DL-real-id-768x986-1.png 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/DL-real-id-768x986-1-800x494.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/DL-real-id-768x986-1-1020x630.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/DL-real-id-768x986-1-160x99.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/DL-real-id-768x986-1-1536x948.png 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A side-by-side comparison of a REAL ID driver’s license (left) with a non-REAL ID driver’s license. \u003ccite>(California DMV)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>If there is a golden bear with a white star in the middle of it, your driver’s license or identification card already meets REAL ID standards and can be used when passing through TSA airport checkpoints or entering federal buildings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside label=\"more on air travel\" tag=\"air-travel\"]But if you only see text instead that reads “FEDERAL LIMITS APPLY,” your driver’s license or identification card is not a REAL ID and will not be accepted by TSA agents or security at federal buildings starting May 7.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If this is you, remember that there \u003cem>are\u003c/em> \u003ca href=\"#tsa-without-real-id\">several other documents you can provide at an airport security checkpoint instead of a REAL ID\u003c/a>, including your U.S. or foreign passport.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"tsa-without-real-id\">\u003c/a>What will happen at the airport now if I don’t have a REAL ID?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Remember, \u003ca href=\"https://www.tsa.gov/news/press/releases/2025/04/11/tsa-begins-real-id-full-enforcement-may-7\">TSA has moved to “full enforcement” of REAL ID standards starting May 7\u003c/a> —and because it’s a federal agency, these rules will be “applied evenly across the country, across all the airports” starting Wednesday, confirmed Dankers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But don’t panic: If you need to travel on or after May 7 but still don’t have a REAL ID by then, you can instead use:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>A U.S. or foreign passport\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>A green card (permanent resident card)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>A Department of Homeland Security (DHS) trusted traveler card like Global Entry\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>A military ID\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>A Tribal Nation ID.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>See \u003ca href=\"https://www.tsa.gov/travel/security-screening/identification\">other federally recognized documents\u003c/a> that TSA says are an “acceptable alternative” to a REAL ID.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What if you don’t bring any of these other documents? You’ll still be allowed to fly, says TSA. You’ll just run the risk of “delays, additional screening and the possibility of not being permitted into the security checkpoint if we can’t verify your identity,” said Dankers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As for what these extra checks might look like, \u003ca href=\"https://www.tsa.gov/travel/security-screening/identification\">TSA’s online guidance\u003c/a> says people lacking acceptable identification may be asked to “complete an identity verification process which includes collecting information such as your name and current address to confirm your identity.” If TSA is able to confirm your identity this way, you’ll then be allowed into the screening checkpoint, but you may still “be subject to additional screening.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>If I can still fly without a REAL ID, what’s the problem?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>If you don’t have a REAL ID-compliant form of ID, the chances of missing your domestic flight on May 7 or after could still be higher because of these extra steps, and the delays they might cause at peak times.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>TSA estimates that around \u003ca href=\"https://www.tsa.gov/news/press/releases/2025/04/11/tsa-begins-real-id-full-enforcement-may-7\">81% of travelers nationwide are ready to present acceptable identification, including REAL ID\u003c/a>. The California DMV says that about 58% of all driver’s license and ID cardholders in the state are REAL ID-compliant.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dankers warned that since an average 2.5-2.6 million people travel through U.S. airports at this time of year, this still leaves 19% of national travelers — up to 500,000 people — “that may not be prepared for this.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s not a risk you want to take,” said Dankers. “Now is the time to make a plan” and either apply for a REAL ID or make sure you have another compliant document.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s also not clear how long this grace period for folks without a REAL ID might last.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"where\">\u003c/a>How do I get a REAL ID?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>“We recommend that if you already have a valid U.S. passport or don’t need to fly within the U.S. in the next few months to wait to get your REAL ID when you renew your California driver’s license or ID card,” said DMV Director Steve Gordon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A message on the \u003ca href=\"https://www.dmv.ca.gov/portal/\">California DMV’s homepage similarly reminds state residents \u003c/a>that anyone whose driver’s license isn’t due for renewal but who holds a valid passport right now “can comfortably wait to convert to a REAL ID when their driver’s license is due for renewal.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But if you’ve applied for a driver’s license or state identification card in the past, the process to eventually get your REAL ID is quite similar. You’ll just need to present a few more documents this time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You will still need to plan for a visit to the DMV — sorry. And amid \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfgate.com/travel/article/havent-gotten-california-real-id-yet-20263325.php\">reports of long lines and scarce appointments\u003c/a>, the California DMV announced earlier this month that \u003ca href=\"https://www.dmv.ca.gov/portal/select-dmv-offices-opening-early-for-real-id-appointments-from-april-14-to-june-27/\">select offices would open an hour early by appointment through June 27\u003c/a> for REAL ID applications only. In the Bay Area, this includes\u003ca href=\"https://www.dmv.ca.gov/portal/select-dmv-offices-opening-early-for-real-id-appointments-from-april-14-to-june-27/\"> the Fremont and Pleasanton DMV offices. \u003c/a>The Concord, Oakland and San Jose DMV offices are also offering \u003ca href=\"https://www.dmv.ca.gov/portal/driver-licenses-identification-cards/real-id/extended-hours/\">extra REAL ID appointments on Saturday.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you want to speed up the process, agency officials recommend first starting the application online at \u003ca href=\"http://realid.dmv.ca.gov\">realid.dmv.ca.gov\u003c/a>, where you can choose between a REAL ID driver’s license or a REAL ID state identification card.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The application will ask you to upload:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.dmv.ca.gov/portal/driver-licenses-identification-cards/real-id/real-id-checklist/\">A document recognized by the federal government that confirms your identity\u003c/a>, which could include: a U.S. passport, a birth certificate, a permanent resident card (a.k.a., a green card) or foreign passport with a valid U.S. visa.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.dmv.ca.gov/portal/driver-licenses-identification-cards/real-id/real-id-checklist/#gf_6\">Two printed documents that confirm your California mailing address\u003c/a>, which could include: a bill from PG&E or another utility company, bank statements, tax returns, medical documents, a lease agreement or a mortgage statement.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>As you’re drawing together your paperwork, make sure that the first and last name printed on these documents exactly matches the first and last name you are using in your REAL ID application.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Once your application is complete, the online portal will give you the option to book an appointment at the DMV office of your choice, to have your documents verified. When the day of your appointment arrives, make sure to bring with you all the original documents you uploaded to your application. “It needs to be the actual passport or a certified copy of the birth certificate,” said California DMV spokesperson Chris Orrock.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We don’t have to scan [the documents] and upload them again,” he added. “You’re just showing them, and we’re looking at the screen of what you uploaded. We verify that they match, and then you’re on your way.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Something else to remember: At the DMV office, you will need to provide your Social Security Number. And if you are applying for a driver’s license for the very first time, you will still need to meet all the other requirements to confirm your driving ability, in addition to providing the required REAL ID documentation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s also worth noting that California still offers driver’s licenses and identification cards that are not REAL ID-compliant — an option for those who are unable to provide the documentation required for a REAL ID. Although these IDs include the “FEDERAL LIMITS APPLY” text and won’t get you past TSA checkpoints, you can still use them to prove your identity and in the case of a license, confirm at a traffic stop that you meet the state’s requirements to drive a car.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"deadline\">\u003c/a>Why has the REAL ID enforcement deadline been extended so many times?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Twenty years ago — before the first iPhone went on sale — \u003ca href=\"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-109publ13/pdf/PLAW-109publ13.pdf#page=72\">Congress passed the Real ID Act of 2005\u003c/a>, establishing national standards for driver’s licenses and identification cards provided by individual states. At the time, with the United States still in shock from the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, lawmakers behind this bill argued that REAL ID standards \u003ca href=\"https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna7822308\">would help prevent future such attacks\u003c/a> by making it harder for terrorists to travel.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When Congress originally passed the Real ID Act, the enforcement date was set three years into the future — 2008. However, due to complicated legal battles between the federal government and the states over this law — along with the COVID-19 pandemic — DHS \u003ca href=\"https://www.dhs.gov/archive/news/2022/12/05/dhs-announces-extension-real-id-full-enforcement-deadline\">kept pushing back the deadline\u003c/a>, resulting in a 17-year delay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12027122\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2400px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12027122\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/GettyImages-1915738573.jpg\" alt=\"A woman walks next to TSA agents at an airport security checkpoint.\" width=\"2400\" height=\"1600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/GettyImages-1915738573.jpg 2400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/GettyImages-1915738573-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/GettyImages-1915738573-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/GettyImages-1915738573-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/GettyImages-1915738573-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/GettyImages-1915738573-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/GettyImages-1915738573-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2400px) 100vw, 2400px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Passengers go through a security check by TSA at Los Angeles International Airport on Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2024, in Los Angeles. If you show up to a TSA checkpoint after May 7 with a driver’s license or state identification card that is not REAL ID-compliant, you may not pass TSA’s security screening. \u003ccite>(Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"transgender\">\u003c/a>What options do transgender or nonbinary people have when applying for a REAL ID?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>On his first day back in the White House, Trump \u003ca href=\"https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/defending-women-from-gender-ideology-extremism-and-restoring-biological-truth-to-the-federal-government/\">signed an executive order\u003c/a> that declared the federal government will only “recognize two sexes, male and female” — and his administration directed the State Department to \u003ca href=\"https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-politics-and-policy/rubio-passport-sex-marker-changes-paused-trump-order-rcna189222\">suspend all U.S. passport applications requesting an “X” marker\u003c/a> or change a current sex marker.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So what about REAL IDs? While they must include a person’s gender, \u003ca href=\"https://www.congress.gov/bill/109th-congress/house-bill/1268/text\">the text of the Real ID Act\u003c/a> does not specify or define gender categories.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A driver’s license is a state document and in 2017, California passed the \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB179\">Gender Recognition Act\u003c/a> to “ensure that intersex, transgender, and nonbinary people have state-issued identification documents that provide full legal recognition of their accurate gender identity.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This law gives Californians three gender options when completing an application for a driver’s license or identification card: female, male and nonbinary — the last option represented by an “X” on documents. \u003ca href=\"https://www.lgbtmap.org/equality-maps/identity_documents\">California is one of 22 other states (plus Washington, D.C.) that offer this option.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As for the Trump administration’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/defending-women-from-gender-ideology-extremism-and-restoring-biological-truth-to-the-federal-government/\">“two sexes” executive order\u003c/a>, Orrock said that it still does not affect gender designations on California-issued REAL IDs, driver’s licenses or identification cards.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“[The Gender Recognition Act] ensures that Californians have the ability to have their true gender identity legally recognized on all their official documents,” he said. “California’s legislation allows for the three gender options … that will stay in the future.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>DHS, which oversees TSA checkpoints at airports, has not announced if it will change its policy around REAL IDs with an “x” in the gender category.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"undocumented\">\u003c/a>Can undocumented people request a REAL ID?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>According to the Real ID Act, states must require individuals to prove that they are either U.S. citizens or are in the country “lawfully.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you are not a U.S. citizen, you can apply for a REAL ID if you:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Are permanent resident\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Have been approved for asylum status or have a pending application\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Entered the U.S. with refugee status\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Have a foreign passport that includes a valid, unexpired U.S. visa\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Have been approved for temporary protected status (TPS) or have a pending application\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Have an approved deferred action status.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>If you don’t have any type of legal status, like the ones above, then you will not be able to request a REAL ID.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, undocumented Californians \u003cem>are \u003c/em>eligible for \u003ca href=\"https://www.dmv.ca.gov/portal/driver-licenses-identification-cards/assembly-bill-ab-60-driver-licenses/\">AB 60 driver’s licenses\u003c/a> — named after the 2013 law that allows the DMV to issue a driver’s license to any resident who is eligible for one, \u003ca href=\"https://www.ilrc.org/sites/default/files/resources/ab_60_4_27_15.pdf\">regardless of immigration status\u003c/a>. But they can’t use it as REAL ID, Orrock confirmed, and it won’t be accepted by TSA agents or security at federal buildings after Wednesday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This story contains reporting from KQED’s Juan Carlos Lara. A version of this story originally published on February 13.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Starting May 7, every person 18 or older boarding a domestic flight now needs to present identification that meets \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11643609/what-you-need-to-know-about-california-real-id-drivers-licenses\">federal REAL ID standards\u003c/a>: \u003ca href=\"https://www.dmv.ca.gov/portal/driver-licenses-identification-cards/real-id/\">a REAL ID driver’s license\u003c/a> or state identification card, a passport or another federally approved document.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Jump straight to: \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#tsa-without-real-id\">I’m flying soon: What should I do if I don’t have time to get a REAL ID? \u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>But if you have a domestic flight coming up, don’t panic. Travelers without a REAL ID or \u003ca href=\"#tsa-without-real-id\">another federally compliant document \u003c/a>are \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/real-id-travelers-security-deadline-homeland-289d84d3c10d96546270ff0e8ca80436\">still being allowed to fly domestically — for now\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And if you’ve applied for or renewed your driver’s license in the past few years, there’s also a good chance you already \u003cem>have\u003c/em> a REAL ID (\u003ca href=\"#do-i-already-have-real-id\">here’s how to tell.) \u003c/a>If not, there are \u003ca href=\"#may\">several other documents you can show TSA \u003c/a>\u003ca href=\"#may\">i\u003c/a>\u003ca href=\"#may\">nstead of a REAL ID\u003c/a>, including a U.S. or foreign passport.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Day 1 of the REAL ID rollout\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Despite concerns from travelers that anyone without REAL ID would be denied boarding outright starting May 7, this group is instead being “given a pamphlet that says that they’re not REAL ID compliant with some information on what they need to do next,” said Lorie Dankers, a spokesperson with TSA’s Strategic Communications and Public Affairs team.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some of those individuals “will also receive unpredictable screening,” said Dankers — but “they will still be allowed to fly\u003ci>.” \u003c/i>Dankers said she did not have an end date for this grace period around REAL ID enforcement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>TSA had also warned of potential delays in security lines amid the introduction of REAL ID requirements, but travelers and staff who spoke to KQED at San Francisco International Airport on Wednesday morning said they had not personally encountered or witnessed any additional delays at security checkpoints on their domestic flights.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It appears to be business as usual at our security checkpoints, and that was really the goal,” said Doug Yakel, public information officer at SFO on Wednesday. “For those individuals that are flying today that do not have a Real ID or passport, we recommend allowing extra time to get through that process. But we have not seen any impact thus far on line waits our security checkpoints.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That said, “Wednesday is one of our lowest passenger volume days of the week,” said Dankers. “It’s not by accident that we’re enforcing REAL ID starting today.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Keep reading for everything you need to know about REAL ID requirements and what you can expect at the airport ahead of your next domestic flight. Or jump straight to:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#tsa-without-real-id\">What will happen at the airport if I show up without a REAL ID on May 7?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#where\">How can I get a REAL ID?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#transgender\">How can transgender or nonbinary people mark their identity on a REAL ID?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#undocumented\">Can undocumented people request a REAL ID?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch2>Who needs to apply for a REAL ID?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>According to the law, now that REAL ID deadline has arrived, a federal agency won’t accept any state-issued driver’s license or identification card that does not follow REAL ID standards. This applies when you are entering:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>A Transportation Security Administration (TSA) or security checkpoint at a U.S. airport\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>A federal building\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>A military base\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>A nuclear power plant.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>In California, the Department of Motor Vehicles is the agency responsible for processing REAL ID applications. \u003cstrong>Jump straight to: \u003ca href=\"#where\">How can I get a REAL ID?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You can still \u003ca href=\"#where\">\u003cem>apply\u003c/em> for a REAL ID after May 7\u003c/a> — and of course, “not everybody in the country will be flying on [that date],” said Dankers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>But if you only see text instead that reads “FEDERAL LIMITS APPLY,” your driver’s license or identification card is not a REAL ID and will not be accepted by TSA agents or security at federal buildings starting May 7.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If this is you, remember that there \u003cem>are\u003c/em> \u003ca href=\"#tsa-without-real-id\">several other documents you can provide at an airport security checkpoint instead of a REAL ID\u003c/a>, including your U.S. or foreign passport.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"tsa-without-real-id\">\u003c/a>What will happen at the airport now if I don’t have a REAL ID?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Remember, \u003ca href=\"https://www.tsa.gov/news/press/releases/2025/04/11/tsa-begins-real-id-full-enforcement-may-7\">TSA has moved to “full enforcement” of REAL ID standards starting May 7\u003c/a> —and because it’s a federal agency, these rules will be “applied evenly across the country, across all the airports” starting Wednesday, confirmed Dankers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But don’t panic: If you need to travel on or after May 7 but still don’t have a REAL ID by then, you can instead use:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>A U.S. or foreign passport\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>A green card (permanent resident card)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>A Department of Homeland Security (DHS) trusted traveler card like Global Entry\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>A military ID\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>A Tribal Nation ID.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>See \u003ca href=\"https://www.tsa.gov/travel/security-screening/identification\">other federally recognized documents\u003c/a> that TSA says are an “acceptable alternative” to a REAL ID.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What if you don’t bring any of these other documents? You’ll still be allowed to fly, says TSA. You’ll just run the risk of “delays, additional screening and the possibility of not being permitted into the security checkpoint if we can’t verify your identity,” said Dankers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As for what these extra checks might look like, \u003ca href=\"https://www.tsa.gov/travel/security-screening/identification\">TSA’s online guidance\u003c/a> says people lacking acceptable identification may be asked to “complete an identity verification process which includes collecting information such as your name and current address to confirm your identity.” If TSA is able to confirm your identity this way, you’ll then be allowed into the screening checkpoint, but you may still “be subject to additional screening.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>If I can still fly without a REAL ID, what’s the problem?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>If you don’t have a REAL ID-compliant form of ID, the chances of missing your domestic flight on May 7 or after could still be higher because of these extra steps, and the delays they might cause at peak times.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>TSA estimates that around \u003ca href=\"https://www.tsa.gov/news/press/releases/2025/04/11/tsa-begins-real-id-full-enforcement-may-7\">81% of travelers nationwide are ready to present acceptable identification, including REAL ID\u003c/a>. The California DMV says that about 58% of all driver’s license and ID cardholders in the state are REAL ID-compliant.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dankers warned that since an average 2.5-2.6 million people travel through U.S. airports at this time of year, this still leaves 19% of national travelers — up to 500,000 people — “that may not be prepared for this.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s not a risk you want to take,” said Dankers. “Now is the time to make a plan” and either apply for a REAL ID or make sure you have another compliant document.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s also not clear how long this grace period for folks without a REAL ID might last.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"where\">\u003c/a>How do I get a REAL ID?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>“We recommend that if you already have a valid U.S. passport or don’t need to fly within the U.S. in the next few months to wait to get your REAL ID when you renew your California driver’s license or ID card,” said DMV Director Steve Gordon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A message on the \u003ca href=\"https://www.dmv.ca.gov/portal/\">California DMV’s homepage similarly reminds state residents \u003c/a>that anyone whose driver’s license isn’t due for renewal but who holds a valid passport right now “can comfortably wait to convert to a REAL ID when their driver’s license is due for renewal.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But if you’ve applied for a driver’s license or state identification card in the past, the process to eventually get your REAL ID is quite similar. You’ll just need to present a few more documents this time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You will still need to plan for a visit to the DMV — sorry. And amid \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfgate.com/travel/article/havent-gotten-california-real-id-yet-20263325.php\">reports of long lines and scarce appointments\u003c/a>, the California DMV announced earlier this month that \u003ca href=\"https://www.dmv.ca.gov/portal/select-dmv-offices-opening-early-for-real-id-appointments-from-april-14-to-june-27/\">select offices would open an hour early by appointment through June 27\u003c/a> for REAL ID applications only. In the Bay Area, this includes\u003ca href=\"https://www.dmv.ca.gov/portal/select-dmv-offices-opening-early-for-real-id-appointments-from-april-14-to-june-27/\"> the Fremont and Pleasanton DMV offices. \u003c/a>The Concord, Oakland and San Jose DMV offices are also offering \u003ca href=\"https://www.dmv.ca.gov/portal/driver-licenses-identification-cards/real-id/extended-hours/\">extra REAL ID appointments on Saturday.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you want to speed up the process, agency officials recommend first starting the application online at \u003ca href=\"http://realid.dmv.ca.gov\">realid.dmv.ca.gov\u003c/a>, where you can choose between a REAL ID driver’s license or a REAL ID state identification card.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The application will ask you to upload:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.dmv.ca.gov/portal/driver-licenses-identification-cards/real-id/real-id-checklist/\">A document recognized by the federal government that confirms your identity\u003c/a>, which could include: a U.S. passport, a birth certificate, a permanent resident card (a.k.a., a green card) or foreign passport with a valid U.S. visa.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.dmv.ca.gov/portal/driver-licenses-identification-cards/real-id/real-id-checklist/#gf_6\">Two printed documents that confirm your California mailing address\u003c/a>, which could include: a bill from PG&E or another utility company, bank statements, tax returns, medical documents, a lease agreement or a mortgage statement.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>As you’re drawing together your paperwork, make sure that the first and last name printed on these documents exactly matches the first and last name you are using in your REAL ID application.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Once your application is complete, the online portal will give you the option to book an appointment at the DMV office of your choice, to have your documents verified. When the day of your appointment arrives, make sure to bring with you all the original documents you uploaded to your application. “It needs to be the actual passport or a certified copy of the birth certificate,” said California DMV spokesperson Chris Orrock.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We don’t have to scan [the documents] and upload them again,” he added. “You’re just showing them, and we’re looking at the screen of what you uploaded. We verify that they match, and then you’re on your way.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Something else to remember: At the DMV office, you will need to provide your Social Security Number. And if you are applying for a driver’s license for the very first time, you will still need to meet all the other requirements to confirm your driving ability, in addition to providing the required REAL ID documentation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s also worth noting that California still offers driver’s licenses and identification cards that are not REAL ID-compliant — an option for those who are unable to provide the documentation required for a REAL ID. Although these IDs include the “FEDERAL LIMITS APPLY” text and won’t get you past TSA checkpoints, you can still use them to prove your identity and in the case of a license, confirm at a traffic stop that you meet the state’s requirements to drive a car.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"deadline\">\u003c/a>Why has the REAL ID enforcement deadline been extended so many times?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Twenty years ago — before the first iPhone went on sale — \u003ca href=\"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-109publ13/pdf/PLAW-109publ13.pdf#page=72\">Congress passed the Real ID Act of 2005\u003c/a>, establishing national standards for driver’s licenses and identification cards provided by individual states. At the time, with the United States still in shock from the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, lawmakers behind this bill argued that REAL ID standards \u003ca href=\"https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna7822308\">would help prevent future such attacks\u003c/a> by making it harder for terrorists to travel.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When Congress originally passed the Real ID Act, the enforcement date was set three years into the future — 2008. However, due to complicated legal battles between the federal government and the states over this law — along with the COVID-19 pandemic — DHS \u003ca href=\"https://www.dhs.gov/archive/news/2022/12/05/dhs-announces-extension-real-id-full-enforcement-deadline\">kept pushing back the deadline\u003c/a>, resulting in a 17-year delay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12027122\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2400px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12027122\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/GettyImages-1915738573.jpg\" alt=\"A woman walks next to TSA agents at an airport security checkpoint.\" width=\"2400\" height=\"1600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/GettyImages-1915738573.jpg 2400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/GettyImages-1915738573-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/GettyImages-1915738573-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/GettyImages-1915738573-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/GettyImages-1915738573-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/GettyImages-1915738573-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/GettyImages-1915738573-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2400px) 100vw, 2400px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Passengers go through a security check by TSA at Los Angeles International Airport on Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2024, in Los Angeles. If you show up to a TSA checkpoint after May 7 with a driver’s license or state identification card that is not REAL ID-compliant, you may not pass TSA’s security screening. \u003ccite>(Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"transgender\">\u003c/a>What options do transgender or nonbinary people have when applying for a REAL ID?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>On his first day back in the White House, Trump \u003ca href=\"https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/defending-women-from-gender-ideology-extremism-and-restoring-biological-truth-to-the-federal-government/\">signed an executive order\u003c/a> that declared the federal government will only “recognize two sexes, male and female” — and his administration directed the State Department to \u003ca href=\"https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-politics-and-policy/rubio-passport-sex-marker-changes-paused-trump-order-rcna189222\">suspend all U.S. passport applications requesting an “X” marker\u003c/a> or change a current sex marker.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So what about REAL IDs? While they must include a person’s gender, \u003ca href=\"https://www.congress.gov/bill/109th-congress/house-bill/1268/text\">the text of the Real ID Act\u003c/a> does not specify or define gender categories.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A driver’s license is a state document and in 2017, California passed the \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB179\">Gender Recognition Act\u003c/a> to “ensure that intersex, transgender, and nonbinary people have state-issued identification documents that provide full legal recognition of their accurate gender identity.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This law gives Californians three gender options when completing an application for a driver’s license or identification card: female, male and nonbinary — the last option represented by an “X” on documents. \u003ca href=\"https://www.lgbtmap.org/equality-maps/identity_documents\">California is one of 22 other states (plus Washington, D.C.) that offer this option.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As for the Trump administration’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/defending-women-from-gender-ideology-extremism-and-restoring-biological-truth-to-the-federal-government/\">“two sexes” executive order\u003c/a>, Orrock said that it still does not affect gender designations on California-issued REAL IDs, driver’s licenses or identification cards.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“[The Gender Recognition Act] ensures that Californians have the ability to have their true gender identity legally recognized on all their official documents,” he said. “California’s legislation allows for the three gender options … that will stay in the future.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>DHS, which oversees TSA checkpoints at airports, has not announced if it will change its policy around REAL IDs with an “x” in the gender category.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"undocumented\">\u003c/a>Can undocumented people request a REAL ID?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>According to the Real ID Act, states must require individuals to prove that they are either U.S. citizens or are in the country “lawfully.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you are not a U.S. citizen, you can apply for a REAL ID if you:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Are permanent resident\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Have been approved for asylum status or have a pending application\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Entered the U.S. with refugee status\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Have a foreign passport that includes a valid, unexpired U.S. visa\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Have been approved for temporary protected status (TPS) or have a pending application\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Have an approved deferred action status.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>If you don’t have any type of legal status, like the ones above, then you will not be able to request a REAL ID.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, undocumented Californians \u003cem>are \u003c/em>eligible for \u003ca href=\"https://www.dmv.ca.gov/portal/driver-licenses-identification-cards/assembly-bill-ab-60-driver-licenses/\">AB 60 driver’s licenses\u003c/a> — named after the 2013 law that allows the DMV to issue a driver’s license to any resident who is eligible for one, \u003ca href=\"https://www.ilrc.org/sites/default/files/resources/ab_60_4_27_15.pdf\">regardless of immigration status\u003c/a>. But they can’t use it as REAL ID, Orrock confirmed, and it won’t be accepted by TSA agents or security at federal buildings after Wednesday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This story contains reporting from KQED’s Juan Carlos Lara. A version of this story originally published on February 13.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>In the past few weeks, several U.S. citizens have shared their experiences being detained by \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/customs-and-border-protection\">Customs and Border Protection\u003c/a> when reentering the country — and of having their cell phones searched in the process.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Attorney Amir Makled \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2025/04/09/nx-s1-5357455/attorney-detained-by-immigration-authorities\">was held by CBP for hours\u003c/a> when he landed at Detroit Metro Airport in Michigan after a family vacation in the Dominican Republic. Bachir Atallah, also a lawyer, told journalists that officials \u003ca href=\"https://www.nhpr.org/nh-news/2025-04-18/a-new-england-attorney-is-pursuing-legal-action-after-being-held-at-the-vermont-canadian-border\">detained him and his wife\u003c/a> without any explanation at the Vermont-Canadian border. In both accounts, the men said they reluctantly allowed CBP agents to look through their phones.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In another high-profile incident, the government of France said that \u003ca href=\"https://www.newsweek.com/french-scientist-banned-us-entry-messages-trump-2047549\">a French scientist trying to enter the U.S. to attend a conference was denied entry\u003c/a> after a CBP agent searched the man’s phone and found messages with colleagues and friends in which he expressed opinions on President Donald Trump’s administration and its research policy. In a post on X, \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/TriciaOhio/status/1902881013220385220\">the U.S. Department of Homeland Security denied the\u003c/a> claim that his removal was based on political beliefs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>CBP officials have long \u003ca href=\"https://www.cbp.gov/travel/cbp-search-authority/border-search-electronic-devices\">searched the personal electronic devices\u003c/a> — including phones, computers and cameras — of people at the U.S. border, which includes ports of entry like airports, land borders and sea ports. According to the agency, officials \u003ca href=\"https://www.cbp.gov/sites/default/files/2024-11/Border%20Search%20of%20Electronics%20at%20Ports%20of%20Entry%20FY%2024%20Statistics%20%28508%29.pdf\">searched through more than 47,000 devices\u003c/a> in 2024 alone. Although CBP characterizes the practice as rare, the agency’s own data shows that searches \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/717f33b1ee244594950ee39731d9fcea\">have increased consistently over the years\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There’s no data publicly available yet for searches during the second Trump administration, although CBP spokesperson Hilton Beckham rejected the idea that “CBP is searching more electronic media due to the administration change,” and insisted that “allegations that political beliefs trigger inspections or removals are baseless and irresponsible.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11970474\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/230925-TaxiDriver-001-BL-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11970474\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/230925-TaxiDriver-001-BL-qut.jpg\" alt=\"A driver's view of cars on a road moving towards a large building that says "San Francisco International."\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/230925-TaxiDriver-001-BL-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/230925-TaxiDriver-001-BL-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/230925-TaxiDriver-001-BL-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/230925-TaxiDriver-001-BL-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/230925-TaxiDriver-001-BL-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ali Asghar drives to a second waiting area for taxi drivers before being dispatched to the terminals to pick up passengers at San Francisco International Airport on Sept. 25, 2023. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>But amid large-scale \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12034742/california-students-visa-cancellations-sue-trump-administration\">denials of visas to international students\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.the-independent.com/travel/news-and-advice/usa-travel-advice-visa-ice-b2737431.html\">detention of tourists to the U.S.\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.cbsnews.com/news/what-records-show-about-migrants-sent-to-salvadoran-prison-60-minutes-transcript/\">deportations of immigrants\u003c/a> — and even \u003ca href=\"https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4g8yj2n33yo\">some U.S. citizens\u003c/a> — more people are feeling anxious about crossing into the United States in 2025.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Keep reading to learn more about how phone searches at the U.S. border work, what legal protections you have — and don’t have — when CBP officials ask to see your phone during international travel, and the possible consequences of refusing to comply with a search, especially for noncitizens.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Please bear in mind that the following is not legal advice, and advocates emphasize that you should \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12013522/free-legal-aid-in-the-bay-area-how-it-works-where-to-find-it\">always seek legal advice about your individual situation\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>What gives CBP the power to look through my phone?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"https://constitution.congress.gov/constitution/amendment-4/\">Fourth Amendment\u003c/a> of the U.S. Constitution establishes that all individuals have the right to be secure “from unreasonable searches and seizure” in their person, homes, documentation, and belongings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This means that if government officials — like your local police department or a federal agency — want to search your home as part of an investigation, \u003ca href=\"https://constitutioncenter.org/the-constitution/amendments/amendment-iv/interpretations/121\">they would need a warrant\u003c/a>, usually provided by a judge. “But at the border, that changes,” said Tom McBrien, counsel at the nonprofit \u003ca href=\"https://epic.org/about/\">Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC)\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_12034742 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/20250129_UCBerkeleyRally_GC-72_qed-1020x680.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For decades, the federal government \u003ca href=\"https://scholarship.law.vanderbilt.edu/vlr/vol66/iss5/1/\">has argued that certain privacy protections\u003c/a> should be waived in situations where national security may be at risk — and many courts have been receptive to this argument, McBrien said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In circumstances away from the border, “the courts recognize that the interest in enforcing the laws is strong, but so are people’s rights to privacy,” he said. But at the border and other points of entry, like an airport, the courts have “accepted the idea that national security is so important that it’s kind of a thumb on the scale in favor of being able to search people.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This national security exception is what lets officials at the border search through your personal belongings — but groups that advocate for privacy and civil liberties insist that this exception gives the government too much power.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The traditional justification for letting government agents freely access people’s luggage isn’t really appropriate for looking at digital data,” said Sophia Cope, senior staff attorney at the \u003ca href=\"https://www.eff.org/\">Electronic Frontier Foundation\u003c/a>. “But the courts haven’t been fully convinced of that argument.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>What are the risks of refusing to comply with a CBP phone search?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>If CBP wants to search your device, \u003ca href=\"https://constitution.congress.gov/constitution/amendment-5/\">the Fifth Amendment\u003c/a> allows citizens and noncitizens alike to “refuse to give them the password to unlock the phone or an account,” McBrien said. “And they can’t force you to do that until they get a warrant.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But there are risks to this.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“U.S. citizens have the most leverage — not a ton — but the most to not comply” with a search, Cope said. While CBP agents can detain you for several hours or \u003ca href=\"#takeyourphone\">take your phone\u003c/a> for an extended period of time, at some point, they have to let you back into the country as a citizen, she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But if you are in the U.S. with a green card or short-term visa — like a student or tourist visa — and you refuse to unlock your phone during a secondary inspection, CBP can \u003ca href=\"https://www.eff.org/wp/digital-privacy-us-border-2017#footnote1_y2jgkbj\">block you from entering the U.S.\u003c/a>, even if you live here.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But even if you \u003cem>do\u003c/em> comply with law enforcement, if CBP agents don’t like what they see on your phone — for whatever reason — they “can detain you, or just turn you around and force you to exit the country” if you’re a green card or visa holder, McBrien said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He also noted that \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12035483/trump-administration-lays-out-its-evidence-for-deporting-activist-mahmoud-khalil\">the March arrest of student activist and green card holder Mahmoud Khalil\u003c/a> by USCIS has raised serious concerns among immigration advocates and legal scholars about how the federal government is attempting to deport permanent residents.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>What kind of phone searches can CBP carry out — with or without a warrant?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>‘Manual’ or ‘basic’ media searches\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a manual or basic media search, officials could be “grabbing your device, thumbing through it and looking for whatever they can find,” McBrien said. It can also include looking through your social media accounts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to CBP data, this is \u003ca href=\"https://www.cbp.gov/sites/default/files/2024-11/Border%20Search%20of%20Electronics%20at%20Ports%20of%20Entry%20FY%2024%20Statistics%20%28508%29.pdf\">the most common type of search\u003c/a>, representing over 90% of the searches registered in 2024.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A warrant is not required for this type of search, but CBP agents expect you to unlock your phone if this search takes place.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>‘Forensic’ or ‘advanced’ media searches\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In this instance, an officer will usually connect your phone to another device. “That essentially allows them to either download all the content to look through it, or directly type in search terms to more powerfully screen through the phone,” McBrien said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In some instances, agents can perform a forensic or advanced media search without needing you to unlock your device.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_12027050 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/GettyImages-1808440413-1020x680.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>CBP is also expected to follow certain rules around searches depending on \u003cem>where \u003c/em>the port of entry, like an airport, is located. Travelers arriving at the U.S. border in California have additional protections because of a 2019 ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit — which presides over California, along with eight other western states — that agents can’t look in a device for anything other than “digital contraband.” (According to CBP, this could include \u003ca href=\"https://www.cbp.gov/travel/cbp-search-authority/border-search-electronic-devices\">child pornography, classified materials or export-controlled information\u003c/a>).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This means that a CBP agent in California can “look in the photos app of a phone, emails, email or text message \u003cem>attachments\u003c/em>,” said Cope, attorney with the Electronic Frontier Foundation. “But they can’t read the text messages. They can’t read emails. They can’t look at call logs, because call logs don’t have attachments.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Ninth Circuit court has also ruled that an advanced search “requires reasonable suspicion that the traveler is involved in some kind of illegal activity,” Cope said. And if officials don’t have \u003ca href=\"https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/reasonable_suspicion\">reasonable suspicion\u003c/a> to conduct an advanced search, “they’re going to have to get a warrant,” Cope said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>What about my social media activity?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>In many instances, CBP agents can look at your public social media accounts if they gain access to your phone, which has \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/DrewPavlou/status/1912380116321358274\">led many online to worry they could face consequences for having posted social media content \u003c/a>that is critical of the Trump administration.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s unclear if CBP is sharing the data its agents retrieve with other immigration agencies like U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, which has publicly stated that it will begin \u003ca href=\"https://www.uscis.gov/newsroom/news-releases/dhs-to-begin-screening-aliens-social-media-activity-for-antisemitism\">screening the social media activity of noncitizens\u003c/a> applying for an immigration status for “antisemitic activity.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Trump administration has already asked other government offices, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12035735/what-we-now-know-about-the-irs-ice-tax-data-deal\">like the Internal Revenue Service\u003c/a>, for data to enforce its immigration agenda. “Searching or gathering information for one purpose and then using it for another … we see that as being very dangerous and inappropriate,” McBrien said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>When can CBP seize my device?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Device seizures can happen in a variety of situations, but one situation that McBrien has seen before is when CBP agents confiscate a locked phone from someone who has refused to share their password.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even though citizens and noncitizens alike technically have \u003ca href=\"https://constitution.congress.gov/constitution/amendment-5/\">the constitutional right to refuse to unlock their phones for CBP\u003c/a>, agents could then seize your phone “and hold onto that for days, weeks, even months at that point,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>McBrien added that you could be more vulnerable if you use facial recognition (like an iPhone’s Face ID) to unlock your phone, as legal precedent allows law enforcement \u003ca href=\"https://idtechwire.com/fifth-amendment-does-not-protect-against-biometric-phone-unlock-says-9th-circuit-appeals-court/\">to wave your phone in front of your face to unlock it\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If your device \u003cem>is \u003c/em>seized, McBrien recommends asking officials for a receipt that includes the name and contact information of the federal agent you can call to keep up with the status of your device – essentially, “a paper trail so that you can prove that they have your device.” The American Civil Liberties Union also recommends you \u003ca href=\"https://www.aclunc.org/our-work/know-your-rights/know-your-rights-us-airports-and-ports-entry\">document the names of any officers you interact with\u003c/a>, as well as their badge numbers and the name of the agency they work for.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>What will \u003cem>you \u003c/em>do if CBP asks to search your phone?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>EFF’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.eff.org/wp/digital-privacy-us-border-2017#footnote1_y2jgkbj\">comprehensive ‘Digital Privacy at the U.S. Border’ guide\u003c/a> explains how to best protect your personal electronic data before, during and after passing through the U.S. border. But “everyone should have a plan \u003cem>before \u003c/em>they leave on their trip,” Cope said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Part of making that plan, she said, is knowing exactly what you will do and say if you are pulled into a \u003ca href=\"https://ois.usc.edu/students/travel/u-s-customs-and-border-protection-cbp-inspection-process/\">secondary inspection\u003c/a> — that is, if you are asked to step aside at the CBP checkpoint and follow another agent to a separate area, where you may be asked to unlock your phone. This is a key decision point, Cope said, “because there are consequences” depending on whether you choose to comply or not.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_12035489 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250319-UCBerkeleyProtest-03-BL-1020x680.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For many, their decision will depend on their immigration status in the U.S. and the very real risks of refusing to unlock their phone as a noncitizen.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You could also be steered by the type of data you have on your phone. Is it a work phone? Are you in a position to share it with law enforcement? And if CBP confiscates your phone, can you continue your job or daily functions without it?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you plan to comply, remember that at that moment, it may be unclear how much of your personal information officers will try to access on your phone. This could be especially tricky if your phone contains sensitive or confidential information. For example, a doctor may have data about their patients or a lawyer about their clients, as was the case with attorneys \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2025/04/09/nx-s1-5357455/attorney-detained-by-immigration-authorities\">Amir Makled\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.nhpr.org/nh-news/2025-04-18/a-new-england-attorney-is-pursuing-legal-action-after-being-held-at-the-vermont-canadian-border\">Bachir Atallah\u003c/a>, whose phones contained privileged client information when CBP searched them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And if you refuse to provide your password, remember that officials can still \u003ca id=\"takeyourphone\">\u003c/a>seize your phone.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>What do experts and advocates recommend for travelers entering the U.S. right now?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Being detained, denied entry to the U.S., or having confidential information on your phone seized: If these worst-case scenarios are “something that you’re unwilling to risk, then you should think about mitigation measures,” McBrien said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Leaving personal devices at home is one way to avoid these interactions with law enforcement altogether. But if bringing your cell phone or laptop is essential, McBrien said — as it is for many travelers — you can also “look into ways to protect the data that is on those devices, both by taking sensitive information off the device or storing it somewhere else,” McBrien said. If you plan to travel with a device provided to you by your employer, EFF recommends \u003ca href=\"https://www.eff.org/wp/digital-privacy-us-border-2017#talk-employer\">talking to your employer about data security before traveling\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cope has seen people travel with a “burner phone” — a phone you only use when travelling that doesn’t carry any personal or significant information. “But that also might raise questions,” she said. “‘What are you trying to hide?’ ‘Why isn’t this your real phone?’ So people need to be ready for that conversation.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Regardless of whether you choose to comply with a phone search, Cope recommended backing up your data — to the cloud or another way — before you encounter CBP.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If you do comply, the data might get corrupted if they try to do a forensic search,” she said. “If you \u003cem>don’t \u003c/em>comply, then maybe you will lose that data if your device is confiscated.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you’re worried about losing your phone at the border to a seizure, consider bringing several emergency contact numbers written in a notebook or similar, so that you can contact loved ones — or \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12034703/what-should-international-students-on-visas-and-green-cards-know-right-now\">an immigration lawyer\u003c/a> — without having access to your phone’s contact list.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_12038094 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/GettyImages-2204718967-1020x680.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>McBrien also said it’s “a really good idea for people to have friends and family know when they are planning on crossing a border or coming into an airport — so that if they’re not heard from quickly, people in their lives are aware and can reach out to someone for help.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ultimately, any plan you make has to address concerns specific to your specific legal status and what type of information you carry with you, Cope said. “What’s important to understand is that one size doesn’t fit all.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>More reading and resources\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.eff.org/wp/digital-privacy-us-border-2017#footnote1_y2jgkbj\">Read more about digital privacy protections at the border in EFF’s guide.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>KQED has \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12013522/free-legal-aid-in-the-bay-area-how-it-works-where-to-find-it\">a guide on how to find free or low-cost legal aid in the Bay Area\u003c/a>, including those who provide immigration services. Keep in mind that many of these groups have limited resources and may not be able to provide assistance immediately.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Bar Association in San Francisco \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfbar.org/lris/immigration-lawyers/\">keeps a database of private immigration lawyers\u003c/a> in San Francisco and Marin counties and \u003ca href=\"https://lrsconnect.org/\">refers those living elsewhere to LRS Connect, a nonprofit search tool\u003c/a> set up to connect individuals with lawyers specific to their needs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For decades, the federal government \u003ca href=\"https://scholarship.law.vanderbilt.edu/vlr/vol66/iss5/1/\">has argued that certain privacy protections\u003c/a> should be waived in situations where national security may be at risk — and many courts have been receptive to this argument, McBrien said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In circumstances away from the border, “the courts recognize that the interest in enforcing the laws is strong, but so are people’s rights to privacy,” he said. But at the border and other points of entry, like an airport, the courts have “accepted the idea that national security is so important that it’s kind of a thumb on the scale in favor of being able to search people.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This national security exception is what lets officials at the border search through your personal belongings — but groups that advocate for privacy and civil liberties insist that this exception gives the government too much power.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The traditional justification for letting government agents freely access people’s luggage isn’t really appropriate for looking at digital data,” said Sophia Cope, senior staff attorney at the \u003ca href=\"https://www.eff.org/\">Electronic Frontier Foundation\u003c/a>. “But the courts haven’t been fully convinced of that argument.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>What are the risks of refusing to comply with a CBP phone search?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>If CBP wants to search your device, \u003ca href=\"https://constitution.congress.gov/constitution/amendment-5/\">the Fifth Amendment\u003c/a> allows citizens and noncitizens alike to “refuse to give them the password to unlock the phone or an account,” McBrien said. “And they can’t force you to do that until they get a warrant.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But there are risks to this.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“U.S. citizens have the most leverage — not a ton — but the most to not comply” with a search, Cope said. While CBP agents can detain you for several hours or \u003ca href=\"#takeyourphone\">take your phone\u003c/a> for an extended period of time, at some point, they have to let you back into the country as a citizen, she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But if you are in the U.S. with a green card or short-term visa — like a student or tourist visa — and you refuse to unlock your phone during a secondary inspection, CBP can \u003ca href=\"https://www.eff.org/wp/digital-privacy-us-border-2017#footnote1_y2jgkbj\">block you from entering the U.S.\u003c/a>, even if you live here.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But even if you \u003cem>do\u003c/em> comply with law enforcement, if CBP agents don’t like what they see on your phone — for whatever reason — they “can detain you, or just turn you around and force you to exit the country” if you’re a green card or visa holder, McBrien said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He also noted that \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12035483/trump-administration-lays-out-its-evidence-for-deporting-activist-mahmoud-khalil\">the March arrest of student activist and green card holder Mahmoud Khalil\u003c/a> by USCIS has raised serious concerns among immigration advocates and legal scholars about how the federal government is attempting to deport permanent residents.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>What kind of phone searches can CBP carry out — with or without a warrant?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>‘Manual’ or ‘basic’ media searches\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a manual or basic media search, officials could be “grabbing your device, thumbing through it and looking for whatever they can find,” McBrien said. It can also include looking through your social media accounts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to CBP data, this is \u003ca href=\"https://www.cbp.gov/sites/default/files/2024-11/Border%20Search%20of%20Electronics%20at%20Ports%20of%20Entry%20FY%2024%20Statistics%20%28508%29.pdf\">the most common type of search\u003c/a>, representing over 90% of the searches registered in 2024.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A warrant is not required for this type of search, but CBP agents expect you to unlock your phone if this search takes place.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>‘Forensic’ or ‘advanced’ media searches\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In this instance, an officer will usually connect your phone to another device. “That essentially allows them to either download all the content to look through it, or directly type in search terms to more powerfully screen through the phone,” McBrien said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In some instances, agents can perform a forensic or advanced media search without needing you to unlock your device.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>CBP is also expected to follow certain rules around searches depending on \u003cem>where \u003c/em>the port of entry, like an airport, is located. Travelers arriving at the U.S. border in California have additional protections because of a 2019 ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit — which presides over California, along with eight other western states — that agents can’t look in a device for anything other than “digital contraband.” (According to CBP, this could include \u003ca href=\"https://www.cbp.gov/travel/cbp-search-authority/border-search-electronic-devices\">child pornography, classified materials or export-controlled information\u003c/a>).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This means that a CBP agent in California can “look in the photos app of a phone, emails, email or text message \u003cem>attachments\u003c/em>,” said Cope, attorney with the Electronic Frontier Foundation. “But they can’t read the text messages. They can’t read emails. They can’t look at call logs, because call logs don’t have attachments.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Ninth Circuit court has also ruled that an advanced search “requires reasonable suspicion that the traveler is involved in some kind of illegal activity,” Cope said. And if officials don’t have \u003ca href=\"https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/reasonable_suspicion\">reasonable suspicion\u003c/a> to conduct an advanced search, “they’re going to have to get a warrant,” Cope said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>What about my social media activity?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>In many instances, CBP agents can look at your public social media accounts if they gain access to your phone, which has \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/DrewPavlou/status/1912380116321358274\">led many online to worry they could face consequences for having posted social media content \u003c/a>that is critical of the Trump administration.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s unclear if CBP is sharing the data its agents retrieve with other immigration agencies like U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, which has publicly stated that it will begin \u003ca href=\"https://www.uscis.gov/newsroom/news-releases/dhs-to-begin-screening-aliens-social-media-activity-for-antisemitism\">screening the social media activity of noncitizens\u003c/a> applying for an immigration status for “antisemitic activity.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Trump administration has already asked other government offices, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12035735/what-we-now-know-about-the-irs-ice-tax-data-deal\">like the Internal Revenue Service\u003c/a>, for data to enforce its immigration agenda. “Searching or gathering information for one purpose and then using it for another … we see that as being very dangerous and inappropriate,” McBrien said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>When can CBP seize my device?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Device seizures can happen in a variety of situations, but one situation that McBrien has seen before is when CBP agents confiscate a locked phone from someone who has refused to share their password.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even though citizens and noncitizens alike technically have \u003ca href=\"https://constitution.congress.gov/constitution/amendment-5/\">the constitutional right to refuse to unlock their phones for CBP\u003c/a>, agents could then seize your phone “and hold onto that for days, weeks, even months at that point,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>McBrien added that you could be more vulnerable if you use facial recognition (like an iPhone’s Face ID) to unlock your phone, as legal precedent allows law enforcement \u003ca href=\"https://idtechwire.com/fifth-amendment-does-not-protect-against-biometric-phone-unlock-says-9th-circuit-appeals-court/\">to wave your phone in front of your face to unlock it\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If your device \u003cem>is \u003c/em>seized, McBrien recommends asking officials for a receipt that includes the name and contact information of the federal agent you can call to keep up with the status of your device – essentially, “a paper trail so that you can prove that they have your device.” The American Civil Liberties Union also recommends you \u003ca href=\"https://www.aclunc.org/our-work/know-your-rights/know-your-rights-us-airports-and-ports-entry\">document the names of any officers you interact with\u003c/a>, as well as their badge numbers and the name of the agency they work for.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>What will \u003cem>you \u003c/em>do if CBP asks to search your phone?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>EFF’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.eff.org/wp/digital-privacy-us-border-2017#footnote1_y2jgkbj\">comprehensive ‘Digital Privacy at the U.S. Border’ guide\u003c/a> explains how to best protect your personal electronic data before, during and after passing through the U.S. border. But “everyone should have a plan \u003cem>before \u003c/em>they leave on their trip,” Cope said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Part of making that plan, she said, is knowing exactly what you will do and say if you are pulled into a \u003ca href=\"https://ois.usc.edu/students/travel/u-s-customs-and-border-protection-cbp-inspection-process/\">secondary inspection\u003c/a> — that is, if you are asked to step aside at the CBP checkpoint and follow another agent to a separate area, where you may be asked to unlock your phone. This is a key decision point, Cope said, “because there are consequences” depending on whether you choose to comply or not.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>The federal government says it will finally begin enforcing the national \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12027050/apply-for-real-id-deadline-may-7-can-i-fly-without\">Real ID law starting on May 7\u003c/a> — for real this time, after \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2008/01/11/18028514/homeland-security-unveils-real-id-regulations\">nearly two decades\u003c/a> of delays.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For many people, this matters most for boarding domestic flights. Non-Real ID driver’s licenses and identification cards won’t get you through security at U.S. airports when the law is fully enforced.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But are the millions of daily U.S. airline passengers — as well as the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officials who screen them — ready for the changeover?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In recent years, the federal government has set and delayed other deadlines for Real ID enforcement after realizing that not enough Americans would be ready with compliant documents, says Kyle Potter, executive editor of the travel website Thrifty Traveler.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“So they extend [the deadline] again and they push it out another two or three years, but then there’s no more urgency,” he said. “So this problem just keeps happening and happening and happening.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As the latest Real ID deadline approaches in less than a month, here’s what you need to know.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>What’s happening on May 7?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>On that date, federal agencies including the TSA say they will accept only state-issued driver’s licenses and IDs that meet Real ID requirements, which include having applicants provide certain identifying information such as Social Security numbers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This doesn’t mean that you need a Real ID to board a domestic flight. You can still use a passport or passport card, an enhanced driver’s license issued by some states, a permanent resident card or one of many \u003ca href=\"https://www.tsa.gov/travel/security-screening/identification\">other forms of ID allowed by the TSA\u003c/a>. (Children under 18 don’t need any identification to fly within the United States.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12035416\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1600px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12035416\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-10.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1035\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-10.jpg 1600w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-10-800x518.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-10-1020x660.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-10-160x104.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-10-1536x994.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">This driver’s license design is meant to comply with federal Real ID requirements. The star in the top-right corner indicates that it’s a Real ID. \u003ccite>(AP/Kansas Department of Revenue)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>But it does mean that state-issued driver’s licenses that aren’t Real ID-compliant will no longer be accepted.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to TSA spokesperson Lisa Farbstein, 81% of current U.S. travelers already use a Real ID license or an approved alternative form of identification, such as a passport.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Will I get turned away at the airport if I don’t have a Real ID?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>It’s still unclear whether travelers carrying a non-Real ID license will be sent packing — or just face additional scrutiny by law enforcement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In an \u003ca href=\"https://www.dhs.gov/real-id/real-id-faqs\">FAQ on its website\u003c/a>, the Department of Homeland Security says travelers without “a REAL ID-compliant license or acceptable alternative beginning May 7, 2025, will not be permitted through the security checkpoint.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_12027050 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/GettyImages-1808440413-1020x680.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the TSA has said it plans to begin “\u003ca href=\"https://www.tsa.gov/news/press/releases/2025/01/13/tsa-publishes-final-rule-real-id-enforcement-beginning-may-7-2025\">phased enforcement\u003c/a>” on May 7, though it hasn’t shared details about what that means. In a \u003ca href=\"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/01/14/2025-00484/minimum-standards-for-drivers-licenses-and-identification-cards-acceptable-by-federal-agencies-for\">federal rule published this year\u003c/a>, the agency said it could take a “phased approach” to enforcement over two years, with the ability to issue warnings to people without Real IDs to avoid “a serious risk of operational disruption, negative public impact, and potential security vulnerabilities.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Another TSA spokesperson \u003ca href=\"https://www.tpr.org/economy-and-labor/2025-04-07/tsa-warns-real-id-enforcement-starting-may-7-could-cause-long-lines-and-confusion-at-airports\">told member station KUT\u003c/a> that security officers may subject travelers with non-Real ID licenses to extra screening measures.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Potter, the travel editor, said he thinks the TSA and the federal government are “trying to find a middle ground of telling people that Real ID is happening but giving them some wiggle room to avoid the kinds of mass disruptions that nobody wants in air travel.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>How do I get a Real ID?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>First, check to see whether you’ve got a Real ID already. Your driver’s license or ID card is compliant with the new rules if it has one of \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/tsa/status/1518939714937577472\">these star markings\u003c/a> in one of its top corners.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Otherwise, you should check with the motor vehicle agency in your state to find out how to get a Real ID.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to the \u003ca href=\"https://www.dhs.gov/real-id/real-id-faqs\">Department of Homeland Security\u003c/a>, you’ll need to provide documentation showing your full legal name, date of birth, Social Security number and lawful status, as well as two proofs of address.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But federal officials say to double-check with your state to find out exactly what documents are necessary and whether your state goes beyond the minimum federal Real ID requirements.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The fast-approaching deadline has led to a surge of applications at state DMVs from \u003ca href=\"https://www.opb.org/article/2025/04/07/thousands-of-oregonians-book-appointments-as-real-id-deadline-approaches/\">Oregon\u003c/a> to \u003ca href=\"https://www.witf.org/2025/04/08/penndot-says-only-a-quarter-of-pennsylvanians-have-real-id-ahead-of-upcoming-enforcement-deadline/\">Pennsylvania\u003c/a> as people rush to get compliant licenses.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Why is all this happening, anyway?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The Real ID Act was \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2009/12/07/121162967/real-id-act-might-cause-real-hassles-for-travelers\">signed into law\u003c/a> in 2005 after the 9/11 Commission warned that it was too easy to obtain a driver’s license in the United States.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But there have been hurdles in getting all 50 states and U.S. territories to adopt the new requirements and begin issuing Real IDs, something the federal government \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/transcripts/7673289?ft=nprml&f=7673289\">estimated in 2007\u003c/a> would cost states $11 billion to implement. More recently, issues stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic have \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2020/03/26/822031112/tougher-id-requirements-for-domestic-flights-postponed-to-2021\">caused additional delays\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It wasn’t until 2020 — 15 years after the Real ID Act became law — that all 50 states \u003ca href=\"https://www.dhs.gov/archive/real-id/news/2020/09/10/all-us-states-now-compliant-ahead-real-id-deadline\">became compliant\u003c/a> with its licensing requirements.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In addition to airports, people entering certain other federal facilities and nuclear power plants will also be required to present a Real ID, the Department of Homeland Security, said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>Traveling or returning to the U.S. from abroad has become increasingly risky for some — even for people with valid visas and green cards.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In recent weeks, international tourists, visa holders and lawful permanent residents — also known as green-card holders — have been facing tougher scrutiny at airports and border crossings. The change comes amid a broader crackdown by the Trump administration to reduce both legal and illegal immigration to the country.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And as spring break trips and summer vacations draw near, stories of green-card and visa holders being detained have sparked new concerns about traveling.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Earlier this month, for example, Brown University \u003ca href=\"https://today.brown.edu/announcements/193542\">urged\u003c/a> its international staff and students to postpone any plans to travel outside the U.S. “out of an abundance of caution.” Canada, along with several countries in Europe, including Denmark, Ireland and Germany, have also \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2025/03/22/nx-s1-5336792/european-countries-canada-travel-warnings-us\">updated their travel guidance\u003c/a> for the U.S., urging their citizens to strictly adhere to U.S. entry rules or risk detention.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a statement to NPR, Hilton Beckham, assistant commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), said, “Green card holders who have not broken any U.S. laws, committed application fraud, or failed to apply for a re-entry permit after a long period of travel have nothing to fear about entering and exiting the country.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Immigration attorneys told NPR the riskiness of traveling abroad will be different for individual travelers, making it important for them to understand their rights and privileges before making travel plans.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here’s what to know.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Get up to speed on your rights based on your status\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>There are generally three kinds of travelers who enter the U.S., according to Stephanie Gee, senior director of U.S. legal services at the International Refugee Assistance Project (IRAP).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_12032046 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/DonaldTrumpEOGetty-1020x664.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>U.S. citizens have guaranteed access to the country, Gee said. Green-card holders have procedural rights, meaning only an immigration judge can revoke their green card status. That means U.S. citizens and green-card holders can choose to not answer CBP officers’ questions or let them search their electronic devices, though refusing to do so can result in a delay in entry.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On the other hand, travelers with a temporary visa, which is common among students and tourists, have the “fewest rights,” Gee said. CBP officers have the final say on whether these travelers can enter the country, and can simply deny entry if a visa holder refuses to answer officers’ questions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Stephen Yale-Loehr, a retired immigration law professor from Cornell Law School, recommends that green-card and visa holders double check their immigration documents before they fly.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Make sure everything is in order, their visa hasn’t expired or they don’t have a renewal application pending,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Assess your risk level, preferably with an immigration attorney\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>There are additional factors that could raise a traveler’s risk level. Yale-Loehr pointed to a draft list of 43 countries that could be hit with a new travel ban, as reported by \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/14/us/politics/trump-travel-ban.html\">\u003cem>The New York Times\u003c/em>\u003c/a> earlier this month. 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U.S. citizens and green-card holders can’t be turned away simply because they refuse, but visa holders can, according to Yale-Loehr.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He said during an electronic search, CBP officers often look for material that would suggest non-citizens are ineligible to enter the U.S. That includes criminal convictions, domestic violence and support of terrorism.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s wide discretion at the border in terms of who to admit to the United States, even if you have a valid visa,” Yale-Loehr said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If a traveler’s electronic device gets confiscated, the \u003ca href=\"https://www.aclunc.org/our-work/know-your-rights/know-your-rights-us-airports-and-ports-entry\">American Civil Liberties Union\u003c/a> suggests asking for the officers’ names, badge numbers and which agency they work for. It also advises that travelers should call the agency to request a receipt documenting that a personal item was taken away.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Alert a trusted friend if things go awry\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>According to the \u003ca href=\"https://www.aclu.org/know-your-rights/what-do-when-encountering-law-enforcement-airports-and-other-ports-entry-us#do-i-have-to-provide-my-laptop-passwords-or-unlock-my-mobile-phone-for-law-enforcement-officers-at-the-border\">ACLU\u003c/a>, travelers who are asked to undergo further inspection at the airport are not entitled to an attorney.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yale-Loehr said it’s still useful to have an immigration attorney’s contact information on hand. 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