FILE PHOTO: Passengers stand in line at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in Arlington, Virginia, U.S., January 31, 2025. REUTERS/Jeenah Moon/File Photo
(Reuters) - The Transportation Security Administration said it will begin enforcing long-delayed stricter ID requirements at U.S. airports starting May 7 and warned passengers could be denied access to flights.
On May 7, TSA will no longer accept state-issued identifications that are not REAL ID compliant. Congress in 2005 approved new, stricter federal standards for issuing identification cards but enforcement has been pushed back repeatedly. TSA said Friday that next month passengers 18 or older without passports or the enhanced ID "can expect to face delays, additional screening and the possibility of not being permitted into the security checkpoint."
