Unchecked disinformation runs wild in this Slashdot story, contributed anonymously.
“Only the government could spend 20 years creating a national ID that no one wanted and that apparently doesn’t even work as a national ID. But that’s what the federal government has accomplished with the REAL ID, which the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) now considers unreliable, even though getting one requires providing proof of citizenship or lawful status in the country.”
The anonymous Slashdot contributor is either a liar or a fool. As I noted back in May after Leonardo Garcia Venegas’ first detainment (I didn’t know he was detained a second time), a REAL ID was NEVER intended to prove citizenship.
Here are California’s non-citizen REAL ID requirements, which are federally acceptable:
“This includes all U.S. citizens, permanent residents who are not U.S. citizens (Green Card holders), and those with temporary legal status, such as recipients of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) or Temporary Protected Status (TPS) and holders of a valid student or employment visa.”
But since the REAL ID expiration date matches the date at which temporary legal status expires, it DOES prove legal presence.
Slashdot, get your facts straight.
Postscript: Slashdot lifted its claims from Reason.
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The holder of a student visa, for example, is admitted “duration of status” (for now) — meaning they only have status so long as they attend class and comply with other F1 rules. If they fall out of status and USCIS actions it, the state doesn’t try and claw back their facially valid REAL ID. So a REAL ID alone can’t prove anything more than the holder was lawfully present as of the issue date.
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