No passport needed.
It is such an outrage that the most inexpensive, common sense efforts to prevent the entry of terrorists into the US are suspended, underfunded, or completely ignored. Yet, any method that violates constitutional rights, costs more money, or creates new government programs is embraced totally.
US Temporarily Relaxes Western Hemisphere Passport Requirement
By VOA News
08 June 2007
It was known for months that there would be a rush to apply for passports, but they wait until now to beef up personnel to process requests.
I bet the NSA didn't wait to have it's personnel increased so they could spy on our e-mails and telephone calls.
Basic verifiable identification is the best way to know who is entering or leaving your country, that's why all nations everywhere have a passport document.
Also, if we want a National ID, wouldn't a passport serve that function, SINCE IT IS A NATIONAL ID?
If you wan to know if a person applying for a job is a citizen or not, wouldn't a passport confirm that, SINCE IT IS A NATIONAL ID?
No, instead we suspend the need for a passport, yet tell the people that they are in danger from terrorists and illegal aliens if we don't submit to a new government national ID program and don't allow our privacy to be invaded in our own homes.
BULL, BULL, BULL!
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US Temporarily Relaxes Western Hemisphere Passport Requirement
By VOA News
08 June 2007
The Bush administration has announced it is relaxing passport rules for U.S. travelers in the Western Hemisphere for the next three months.
The administration said Friday it will suspend a requirement that all U.S. citizens must have a valid passport if traveling by air to and from Canada, Mexico, the Caribbean and Bermuda. But travelers will still have to show proof of a passport application.
The proposal is a response to the increasing backlog of U.S. passport applications since January, when rules requiring passports for travel to those nations first took effect.
The mandate, known as the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative, prompted a surge of passport applications at the State Department, causing a backlog and delays that led angry applicants to complain to their congressional representatives.
The initiative will also impose the same rules on land and sea travelers beginning January 1, 2008.
It was known for months that there would be a rush to apply for passports, but they wait until now to beef up personnel to process requests.
I bet the NSA didn't wait to have it's personnel increased so they could spy on our e-mails and telephone calls.
Basic verifiable identification is the best way to know who is entering or leaving your country, that's why all nations everywhere have a passport document.
Also, if we want a National ID, wouldn't a passport serve that function, SINCE IT IS A NATIONAL ID?
If you wan to know if a person applying for a job is a citizen or not, wouldn't a passport confirm that, SINCE IT IS A NATIONAL ID?
No, instead we suspend the need for a passport, yet tell the people that they are in danger from terrorists and illegal aliens if we don't submit to a new government national ID program and don't allow our privacy to be invaded in our own homes.
BULL, BULL, BULL!
Labels: Bush Administration, domestic spying, National Security Act, Passport
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6/09/2007
