As REAL ID rollout approaches, congressional privacy hawks largely silent on concerns (1 Viewer)

[FOX News]

With President Donald Trump back in the White House and the final rollout of federal REAL ID requirements set to take effect in May, many of the loudest privacy advocates in Washington have been largely silent.

While privacy-minded lawmakers on both sides of the aisle have spent years blasting voter-ID laws and TSA facial recognition tools, among other measures, few are raising alarms over the Trump administration's looming implementation of the REAL ID Act — a law passed in 2005 that critics describe as a national identification system.

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