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In 2026, the fight for #access to #justice in the #UnitedStates will be shaped by high-stakes #legal and #budget #decisions affecting #immigration, #housing and #civilrights. The U.S. #SupremeCourt is set to hear a #challenge to President Donald #Trump's #executiveorder seeking to #restrict #birthright #citizenship, a case that could deny federal recognition of citizenship to certain U.S.-born children and #upend long-settled #constitutional #law. [via Law360]

PrivacyDigest 10h ago

#DHS Says REAL ID, Which DHS Certifies, Is Too Unreliable To Confirm US #Citizenship - Slashdot

Only the gov could spend 20 years creating a national #ID that no one wanted and that apparently doesn't even work as a national ID. But that's what the federal gov has accomplished with the REAL ID, which the Dept of Homeland #Security (DHS) now considers unreliable, even though getting one requires providing proof of citizenship or lawful status in the country.
#realID

https://news.slashdot.org/story/26/01/01/1736221/dhs-says-real-id-which-dhs-certifies-is-too-unreliable-to-confirm-us-citizenship?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed

DHS Says REAL ID, Which DHS Certifies, Is Too Unreliable To Confirm US Citizenship - Slashdot

An anonymous reader shares a report: Only the government could spend 20 years creating a national ID that no one wanted and that apparently doesn't even work as a national ID. But that's what the federal government has accomplished with the REAL ID, which the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) no...

Joanna Davis 12h ago

Buying Citizenship: Why Golden Visa Programs Exploded in 2025 and What’s Coming in 2026 #travel #news #tips #citizenship

https://www.theworldinmypocket.co.uk/buying-citizenship-why-golden-visa-programs-exploded-in-2025-and-whats-coming-in-2026/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

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John E. Bartley, III (D) K7AAY 1d ago

https://reason.com/2025/12/31/dhs-says-real-id-which-dhs-certifies-is-too-unreliable-to-confirm-u-s-citizenship/ #ID #RealID #DHS #citizenship #US #USA

Quinn McHugh 🔶⿻ (he/him)1d ago

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The New Oil 1d ago

#DHS Says #REALID, Which DHS Certifies, Is Too Unreliable To Confirm U.S. #Citizenship

https://reason.com/2025/12/31/dhs-says-real-id-which-dhs-certifies-is-too-unreliable-to-confirm-u-s-citizenship/

#privacy #politics

DHS says REAL ID is too unreliable to confirm U.S. citizenship

It's the punch line to a bad joke that started 20 years ago when Congress passed the REAL ID Act.

Reason.com

Bi Sasquatch 1d ago

"Only the government could spend 20 years creating a national ID that no one wanted and that apparently doesn't even work as a national ID.

"But that's what the federal government has accomplished with the REAL ID, which the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) now considers unreliable, even though getting one requires providing proof of citizenship or lawful status in the country."

#REALID #Citizenship #Immigration #DHS #ICE
https://reason.com/2025/12/31/dhs-says-real-id-which-dhs-certifies-is-too-unreliable-to-confirm-u-s-citizenship/