As of June 1 we are required to present a Passport or Enhanced Drivers License (EDL) to cross the border into the USA. Or are we?
Despite the fact that this change has been advertised for at least the last year, people still aren’t prepared. So what are we doing at the border to these people showing up without the proper ID? Turning them back? No, not a chance. Why would we want to enforce a law? A law designed to control the flow of people across the border!
I was in Boston a few weeks ago and had the misfortune to lose my passport while I was down there. As it was in May I was able to return to Canada by showing my drivers license. Being an adult of sound mind I knew that if I wanted to return the the US on June 6 I’d need to get my ass to the Passport office and get a new passport. So that’s exactly what I did, and this morning I’m picking it up. The process of getting a passport is quite simple – download the application, fill it in, get a couple of passport photos, have someone with a passport who knows you sign them, drop off the form at the office, pay the fee, and wait a couple of weeks. If you need it in a hurry, like I did, pay the rush processing fee.
Why isn’t everyone doing this?
Why are we letting people cross the border without a passport?
This morning on the news the spokesperson for the Peace Bridge said that they are letting people cross just as they did before June 1, but they tell the people without passports that they should get one.
What????
Let’s not be so frickin’ soft – a law is a law. If this one is open to interpretation why aren’t they all? And who gets to decide?
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