This is independent of RealID and a consequence of the census department not asking citizenship questions during the most recent 2020 census.

New York state declined, and is having Global Entry signups from that state rejected by DHS [1].

Edit: @crooked-v: Agreed, the administration found a straightforward way to the data other than via the census dept (it boggles the mind that people thought the federal government wouldn’t or couldn’t aggregate this data, remember when they withheld federal highway dollars to extort states into raising the drinking age?). Throttled by HN, can’t reply directly to your comment.

[1] https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/06/us/politics/dhs-new-york-...