From: jock@soccer.com
On Tue, 24 Jun 2014 17:55:13 +0000 (UTC), "Adam H. Kerman"
wrote:
>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.
Please look at what YOU wrote: it isn't factually correct...
> 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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