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Laura Siegelman of Plainview has lived in the U.S. for 74 years, arriving in Boston with her parents, who were Holocaust survivors, when she was 2. Despite paperwork to prove her citizenship, she has been unable to obtain a REAL ID — until now. Credit: Newsday/Alejandra Villa Loarca; Photo credit: James Escher