From: ahk@chinet.com
Nobody wrote:
>"Adam H. Kerman" wrote:
>>Nobody wrote:
>>>And for practical purposes, land crossing such as the Canadian border
>>>require a passport. Yeah, yeah, I know: passport cards, enhanced
>>>driver's licences, and trusted traveller cards such as NEXUS also
>>>qualify but the majority of casual crossers will be presenting
>>>passports to return home to the US. Only a handful of states have
>>>enhanced licences anyway.
>>Huh? States with international borders have these; other states don't.
>>Why would other states go to the extraordinary expense of offering them
>>to their own residents who wouldn't have need for them?
>According to your own Homeland Security people, only FOUR states issue
>a version that complies with the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative:
>
>Go grumble to them if the list isn't current.
I have no idea what you're bitching about. Those four states have the
major ports of entry driving in from Canada. Idaho, Montana, North Dakota,
Minnesota, New Hampshire, and Maine don't have major ports of entry.
>Canadians have a high possession rate of passports (somewhere in the
>range of 70-75% if the Feds website is to be believed) so for casual
>crossers, the time/hoops to be jumped through/extra expense aren't
>worth the effort. One just doesn't walk up to a NEXUS office and walk
>out the same day with a pass.
It's been explained to you that Americans didn't obtain passports for
international travel until they had a reason to, which is undoubtably
true of people everywhere. A Detroiter going to the nudie bars in Windsor
never had a reason to obtain a passport until just a few years ago.
International travel to experience Canadian culture or pharmaceuticals
wasn't an obstacle.
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