Originally Posted by FliesWay2Much

The oldest trick in the books would be for DHS to simply zero-out the budget line for REAL-ID in their FY2024 budget request (too late for FY2023) and see who pushes back. Congressional mandate (including public law) aside, that's the best way to get a program canceled if nobody pushes back. States who pushed back would zero-out their budget lines that only has to go to the governor. Given all the heat DHS is taking over the southern border, they could probably get away with it.