Trump regime implements 'next phase' of Real ID enforcement, slapping 'non-compliant' air travelers with $45 fee and requiring them to submit biometric data

The technocrats who control Trump are not going to stop here. The next stop on the road to technocratic tyranny will be the total monitoring and control of not just air travel but road travel as well.

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Travelers going through airport security checkpoints without a REAL ID or passport will face a $45 fee starting February 1, the Transportation Security Administration announced Monday.

This fee is part of the Trump administration’s next phase of REAL ID enforcement.

According to a report by ABC News, the process will require individuals to verify their identity through a biometric or biographic system if they don’t have a Real ID-compliant form of identification before they’re permitted to cross through the TSA checkpoint.

That means getting your face scanned or your fingerprints taken right there at the airport or you will be turned away, unable to board your flight.

The announcement follows a proposed rule published in the Federal Register last month, but the agency increased the fee from its previously proposed amount of $18.

Steve Lorincz, TSA’s deputy executive assistant adminis…