The REAL ID Act was passed by Congress after the 2001 terrorist attacks to strengthen rules for government-sanctioned identification. 

Several states have struggled for years to comply with the REAL ID Act, a 2005 federal law that requires state driver’s licenses and ID cards to have security enhancements and to be issued to people who can prove they are in the United States legally.

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