Fliers without a compliant ID will have to pay TSA $45 next year
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The Transportation Security Administration has announced that U.S. air travelers without a REAL ID or another compliant ID will face a $45 fee starting in February.

Air travelers in the U.S. without a REAL ID will be charged a $45 fee beginning in February, the Transportation Security Administration announced Monday.

The updated ID has been required since May, but passengers without it have so far been allowed to clear security with additional screening and a warning. The Department of Homeland Security says 94% of passengers are already compliant and that the new fee is intended to encourage travelers to obtain the ID.

REAL ID is a federally compliant state-issued license or identification card that meets enhanced requirements mandated in the aftermath of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.

  • Assassassin@lemmy.dbzer0.com
    4·
    22 hours ago

    Who makes that list? The same group of people labeling antifa as terrorists? If a person has no weapons and still is “too dangerous” to be on a plane, why are they not in jail?

    ID isn’t making anything more secure in the context of the airport, it’s just surveillance and another way to limit/punish people extrajudicially.

    • Dogyote@slrpnk.net
      21·
      20 hours ago

      If a person has no weapons and still is “too dangerous” to be on a plane, why are they not in jail?

      I think that’s the point, they’ll get arrested if they try to fly. Doesn’t that make things more secure?

      • Assassassin@lemmy.dbzer0.com
        4·
        18 hours ago

        Sure, if the no fly list was made by putting evidence in front of a judge. It’s not though, people end up on there without being in legal trouble all the time. It can and has been used for political ends, and the lack of transparency makes it effectively useless.