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An initiative that requires travelers to and from the Western Hemisphere to have specific documents for border crossing.
Five U.S. states currently issue (EDLs) or Enhanced IDs (EIDs): , , , and , and those cards are accepted by federal agencies for travel and purposes (; ) . While the core purpose—proof of identity and...
Enhanced Driver’s Licenses (EDL/EID) are state-issued IDs that explicitly prove U.S. citizenship and are approved by DHS for land and sea crossings to neighboring countries, while REAL ID cards are st...
Enhanced Driver’s Licenses () are state-issued driver’s licenses that also serve as limited passport alternatives for land and sea travel within the Western Hemisphere and as proof of citizenship; fiv...
Five U.S. states — Washington, Michigan, Minnesota, New York and Vermont — currently issue Enhanced Driver’s Licenses (EDLs), and federal authorities treat those EDLs as acceptable alternatives to REA...
Privacy and RFID security concerns have become a central factor shaping whether and how tribal nations adopt Enhanced Tribal Identification (ETC) cards, forcing tribes to weigh federal pressure to mee...
Since 2020, federal policy on tribal identification has continued along two parallel tracks: formal institutional recognition and technical accommodation of tribal IDs for travel and employment, and u...
States issue two broad kinds of credentials: ‑compliant cards, marked with a star or similar symbol and issued after in‑person identity and document verification, and non‑compliant “drive‑only” or fed...
Tribal enrollment documents and tribal IDs can—under specific conditions—serve as evidence of U.S. citizenship or identity for certain federal and state purposes, but they are not universally sufficie...
Ohio’s legislature authorized Enhanced Driver’s Licenses (EDLs) in 2023 by adopting language in the state’s transportation bill and enacting House Bill 23, which became effective June 30, 2023 . State...
Enhanced Driver’s Licenses (EDLs) are state-issued IDs designed to meet certain federal border and REAL ID purposes and are explicitly recognized as acceptable alternatives by DHS/TSA, while Tribal ID...