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"New ID rules begin June 1 for Mexico, Canada trip... - 5/31/2009 10:42:12 PM

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Folks, if you are planning on traveling to and from the U.S. to Canada or Mexico please be aware that the border crossing rules have changed.

New ID rules begin June 1 for Mexico, Canada trips

by Manuel Valdes, AP Writer, May 30, 2009

"BLAINE, Wash. – New rules requiring passports or new high-tech documents to cross the United States' northern and southern borders are taking effect Monday, as some rue the tightening of security and others hail it as long overdue.

The rules are being implemented nearly eight years after the Sept. 11 attacks and long after the 9/11 Commission recommended the changes. They were delayed by complaints from state officials who worried the restrictions would hinder the flow of people and commerce and affect border towns dependent on international crossings.

In 2001 a driver's license and an oral declaration of citizenship were enough to cross the Canadian and Mexican borders; Monday's changes are the last step in a gradual ratcheting up of the rules. Now thousands of Americans are preparing by applying for passports or obtaining special driver's licenses that can also be used to cross the border."

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090530/ap_on_re_us/us_border_crossing_rules

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RE: "New ID rules begin June 1 for Mexico, Canada ... - 5/31/2009 11:25:55 PM

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Well, shit. There go my plans for a quick trip to Mexico.

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RE: "New ID rules begin June 1 for Mexico, Canada ... - 6/1/2009 6:47:53 AM

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As someone who has frequently been to - and still goes to - Canada I must say I miss the days when crossing the border consisted of just slowing down a little and waving to the border guards as you went by.

Okay... it was never really that easy but it seems that way in comparison. Used to be they just asked you what country you were a citizen of and how long are (or have you been) in Canada and what you are going to do (or did) while there. Now you have to provide documentation and be prepared to answer detailed questions about your trip. Random searches are way up as well. My mother recently got pulled off a tour bus (a bunch of little old ladies taking a trip to an art museum) because her recent nuclear stress test set off the gieger counter. The whole bus was searched and x-rayed. I understand the reasons why and am even a little gratified that they are keeping an eye open but it still a sad that it has to be so. There was a time when my friends and I - feeling a little bored - just hopped into the car and drove across the border to spend a few hours at the strip bars in Fort Erie and Niagara Falls. No worry about passports or anything. Nowdays...

Well, a headline in the Buffalo News summed things up perfectly:

Canada: It's like a foreign country now.

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RE: "New ID rules begin June 1 for Mexico, Canada ... - 6/1/2009 6:51:44 AM

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We be making sure you arent here to cause trouble:)
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RE: "New ID rules begin June 1 for Mexico, Canada ... - 6/1/2009 6:55:06 AM

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I guess I need to make sure I know where my passport is, in case someone decides to give me an, all expenses paid, exotic trip.

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RE: "New ID rules begin June 1 for Mexico, Canada ... - 6/1/2009 8:33:51 AM

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I guess I need to make sure I know where my passport is, in case someone decides to give me an, all expenses paid, exotic trip.

...ah to be in Prince George when the pulp mills bloom...........

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RE: "New ID rules begin June 1 for Mexico, Canada ... - 6/1/2009 11:31:52 AM

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That doesn't even SOUND inviting......

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RE: "New ID rules begin June 1 for Mexico, Canada ... - 6/1/2009 1:31:26 PM

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I have a feeling that Casino Windsor's earnings will be dropping again...

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ORIGINAL: Vendaval

Folks, if you are planning on traveling to and from the U.S. to Canada or Mexico please be aware that the border crossing rules have changed.

New ID rules begin June 1 for Mexico, Canada trips

by Manuel Valdes, AP Writer, May 30, 2009

"BLAINE, Wash. – New rules requiring passports or new high-tech documents to cross the United States' northern and southern borders are taking effect Monday, as some rue the tightening of security and others hail it as long overdue.

The rules are being implemented nearly eight years after the Sept. 11 attacks and long after the 9/11 Commission recommended the changes. They were delayed by complaints from state officials who worried the restrictions would hinder the flow of people and commerce and affect border towns dependent on international crossings.

In 2001 a driver's license and an oral declaration of citizenship were enough to cross the Canadian and Mexican borders; Monday's changes are the last step in a gradual ratcheting up of the rules. Now thousands of Americans are preparing by applying for passports or obtaining special driver's licenses that can also be used to cross the border."

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090530/ap_on_re_us/us_border_crossing_rules

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RE: "New ID rules begin June 1 for Mexico, Canada ... - 6/1/2009 6:05:39 PM

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But, but, but...open borders....um, um...open borders...NAFTA...

I'm glad I got my passport last year. It is even worse, I hear, getting one these days.

Oh, when do we line up so we can get our number tattooed on our foreheads anyway???

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