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REAL ID enforcement will begin on October 1, 2020, and you MUST have a REAL ID-compliant form of identification.

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“The County’s response is misleading. It seeks to justify its violations of the Constitution by claiming they were unaware of the Department of Homeland Security’s guidance on the REAL ID Act and religious accommodation – which were in fact published on the DHS website as early as 2016. The County of Hawaii’s discriminatory enforcement of […]

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The County of Hawai‘i granted a REAL ID compliant driver’s license to a Muslim woman wearing a headscarf in the license photograph on April 18, 2018, after ascertaining the most recent Federal guidelines for identification. The woman, identified as Laycie Tobosa, received a REAL ID compliant driver’s license from the Hilo office of the Hawai‘i […]

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MEDIA RELEASE U.S. Sen. Daniel K. Akaka issued the following statement on the Department of Homeland Security’s decision to grant a temporary deferment for REAL ID compliance for Hawaii and several dozen other states: “I welcome the Department of Homeland Security’s common-sense decision that will ensure Hawaii residents with state-issued identifications and driver’s licenses will […]

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