Update: Feds Grant State One Year Extension on REAL ID
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: October 14, 2015
Oklahoma Receives REAL ID Extension through October 2016
OKLAHOMA CITY – Governor Mary Fallin and the Oklahoma Department of Public Safety (DPS) announced today that Oklahoma has received an extension through October 10, 2016, to meet the requirements in the REAL ID Act. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security informed the state in a letter (see below) that “for the duration of this extension, Federal agencies may accept Oklahoma-issued drivers’ licenses and identification cards for official purposes in accordance with the phased enforcement schedule and existing agency policies.”
“This is great news for Oklahomans and means there will be no restrictions on individuals using Oklahoma licenses to fly or access federal buildings through October 10 of next year,” said Fallin. “In the meantime, I will work this legislative session with the Legislature, DPS, Oklahoma’s Congressional delegation and the Department of Homeland Security on a permanent solution.”
Real ID Act?
“This is great news for Oklahomans and means there will be no restrictions on individuals using Oklahoma licenses to fly or access federal buildings through October 10 of next year,” said Fallin. “In the meantime, I will work this legislative session with the Legislature, DPS, Oklahoma’s Congressional delegation and the Department of Homeland Security on a permanent solution.”
Why can’t our OK Driver’s Licenses be a permanent solution, Governor? I don’t consider myself to be uninformed, but this is news to me. In fact, I consider this to be a serious infringement of my rights to move freely about the country as I see fit. More intrusion by the Fed’s in our daily lives…..this is getting to be more and more like George Orwell’s 1984……Truth really is stranger than fiction!
Stand up for Oklahomans Governor, like you did with Obamacare, and tell them to take a hike!