<P> The Department of Homeland Security has the power through the Real ID Act of 2005 to set standards relating to identification of applicants and license design for state - issued driver licenses and identification cards . States are not required to comply with RealID, but if a state does not comply, any driver licenses or ID cards issued by that state will not be valid for any official purpose with the federal government, meaning they will not be accepted for entering federal buildings or boarding airplanes . </P> <P> For a state to meet RealID compliance, licenses and ID cards issued from that state must be approved by DHS in meeting RealID requirements . </P> <P> States can choose to issue both regular licenses and ID cards as well as RealIDs, but any non-RealID must be marked that it is not a RealID . </P> <P> RealIDs are allowed to be issued only to legal immigrants and citizens of the United States . </P>

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