> The equivalent here in the US would be if everyone was asked to show a passport by border agents after having gone through the TSA, when flying from say NYC t

> The equivalent here in the US would be if everyone was asked to show a passport by border agents after having gone through the TSA, when flying from say NYC to Miami - not acceptable. That has happened in the US before: https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/07/no-more-identification-checks-domestic-arrivals/594334/ https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/07/no-more-id... Real ID is also basically that, since you have to be legal to get an id in the US and the TSA check is linked to fed databases.