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Re:DHS Announces Extension of Real ID Full Enforcement Deadline by HeavenFox on Monday December 05, 2022 @02:13PM (#33870349)
One underappreciated benefit of the lack of national ID is it forces the system to deal with a plethora of different IDs, and therefore makes the lives of those with rare forms of ID (such as foreigners) much simpler.
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Re:DHS Announces Extension of Real ID Full Enforcement Deadline by lxgr on Monday December 05, 2022 @02:59PM (#33871018)
A nice idea, but in my experience that's not the case.

Quite a lot of financial institutions will still only accept a US state-issued driver's license to open an account with them, even though they generally accept foreigners.

I've even encountered one that accepts only driver's licenses and not (also DMV-issued) learner's permits or non-driving IDs!

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