What to know about Real ID deadline

Travelers have less than a month to make sure their drivers licenses or identification cards are Real ID-compliant if they want to ease through Transportation Security Administration (TSA) checkpoints at airports and prevent unnecessary delays.

Congress approved the new enhanced security protocol two decades ago following recommendations from the panel that investigated the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, but repeated setbacks have pushed the deadline for compliance to May 7 of this year.