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# States Should Reject the REAL ID Law 

The Department of Homeland Security has never made good on the REAL ID law’s threat that Transportation Security Administration agents would refuse airport access to travelers from recalcitrant states. But the threat remains, and many states are inching toward putting their residents into the national ID system. Produced by Austin Bragg and Caleb O. Brown. REAL ID

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