Quoting Ann Sanfedele <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > Quoting John Francis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > > It's of little interest to citizens of other foreign countries; > > > for them, passports are already required. I'm not sure whether > > > my resident alien card (aka green card) is sufficient; I always > > > use my passport, just to be sure. > > > > Back when I had a green card, it usually was sufficient. > > However, that was way before September 2001 ... Perhaps some things have > > already changed in that area. > > I personally do not see what is the big outcry about passports. You > intend to > > vote, you register to vote. You intend to drive a vehicle, you get a > driver's > > licence. You intend to travel to another country, you get a passport. > > Well for one thing a passport now costs about $90. > makes it difficult > on the poor folk on the borders. > > I think it would be outrageous to require it at > the Canadian orMexican > border
Well that's a good point although I think perhaps another answer for that may be to reduce the cost ... ? (yes, drastically) ERNR
