The conservatives are talking against the Trump administration plans to finally promulgate real identification laws exesperated in an attempt to take energetic measures against illegal immigration.
“If you think that real identification is about electoral integrity, it will disappoint you a lot. Someone has a song for you, or you are committed to illusions. Please, do not disparate the messenger,” representative Thomas Massie, republican of R-Ky., He wrote in X earlier this week.
Responding to the video of the Secretary of the Department of National Security (DHS) Kristi Nem that announces the real identification deadline of May 7, former vice presidential candidate and governor of Alaska Sarah Palin questioned in a Leghy publication: “or what?
Palin continued: “Other administrations delayed this real identification requirement and waving. Is it curious why its implementation is essential now? And who came up with this?”
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The representative Thomas Massie criticizes the true launch of identification of the Trump administration. (AFP through Getty Images | Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)
The Royal ID Law was approved in 2005, but the federal government has not yet implemented 20 years later. It requires that all American travelers meet real identification when addressing national flights.
The transport security administration (TSA) announced last week that the Royal ID would go into force on May 7, and that other status game identification cards for air trips would not be accepted.
The high official of the TSA, Adam Stahl, said in the announcement that the real identification “reinforces security by making fraudulent identifications more difficult to falsify, frustrating criminals and terrorists.”
While a very republican majority seem to have few problems with change, some on the right have cried badly.
Massie argued in an X publication: “As long as the pilot is blocked and nobody has weapons, why do you care that some flies have government permission? Real identification does not provide any benefit, but presents a severe toy weapon.
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Massie attacked President Donald Trump more directly in response to another user X who asked if he simply opposed his differences with the commander in chief. The Republican of Kentucky has been known for multiple public fights with Trump.
“Real ID is a Patriot actress of the George Bush 2005 era who completely extinguished until Trump assumed the position. Let me guess: is he playing 4D Chess and should he follow him?” Massie wrote.
President Donald Trump greets from his vehicle when he arrives at Trump International Golf Club on February 17, 2025 at West Palm Beach, Florida. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)
The former presidential candidate and former representative of the House of Representatives, Ron Paul, Republican of Texas, wrote in X: “The Head of National Security, Kristi Name, announced on Friday that the famous effect of the identification scheme of the law of the Patriot Law at the end of the month. Real ID is one of the greatest threats for Americans”
The Kentucky state representative, TJ Roberts, Republican, agreed with Paul on social networks, writing: “Draw the real identification!”
New Hampshire state representative, Joe Alexander, a Republican, added about the accusations, calling for real identification a “violation of the 14th amendment of the Constitution of the United States” and writing: “The federal government should not be forcing ID so that its citizens travel between the states. Just dige no.”
The senior partner of the Cato Institute, Patrick Eddington, told Fox News Digital: “I am not aware of a single instance after September 11 of an presumed or real terrorist who is arrested, much less successful approach to an airplane, with false Id forkentials-showhoh.”
Eddington argued that he imposed unconstitutional charges to people looking to travel in air versus train.
“If you get in, your mother had just had a stroke and her prognosis was uncertain, and you wanted you to quickly be at home to be very or less that you did not do a real ideal, which could literally cause daily,” he said.
“The effective ID institutions are a form of mass surveillance and verification that does not discriminate between those who have given the suspicion and those who carry, which never have a bone and act in the first place.”
The name of the Secretary of National Security, Kristi, visits the Port of Input of Mariposa on March 15, 2025 in Dekales, Arizona. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Meanwhile, Trump’s representative Ally Mark Alford, R-MO., Directed critics in his own public statement.
“The Royal ID law was approved in 2005, 20 years ago! It is time for everyone to stop dragging their feet. Quuit moving through social networks, stopping complaining, gathering their information and reaching the DMV to their real Iday,” said Alford.
The DHS has argued that real implementation will now help the Trump administration to promote its objectives by taking energetic measures against illegal immigration.
A DHS memorandum obtained by Fox News Digital earlier this week argued in favor of its implementation, which Real ID “closes the created vulnerabilities, prevention criminals and the possible terrorists of Aviation Sybalt enabled attacks.”
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The Trump administration allies have also indicated that a congress directive that is stopped in the long leg is carrying out, but that the current White House toks is not part of deciding.
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Fox News Digital contacted the White House and TSA to make more comments. Massie’s spokesman said he was not available for an interview when he was contacted by Fox News Digital.
Cameron Arcand of Fox News Digital contributed to this report.