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Todays is : Thursday, 08 January 2009

Written by George Gale
Wednesday, 27 September 2006
(THE LAW TO RECQUIRE EVERYBODY TO SHOW A PASSPORT HAS BEEN PUT OFF, AGAIN)…THE PLAN FROM THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION HAS BEEN TO TIGHTEN BORDER SECURITY BY RECQUIRING EVERYBODY WHO CROSSES INTO THE UNITED STATES, INCLUDING U.S. CITIZENS, TO SHOW EITHER A PASSPORT, OR A SPECIAL PASS CARD DEVELOPED BY HOMELAND SECURITY. THE NEW REQUIREMENT WAS ORIGNALLY TO BE IMPLEMENTED AT THE BEGINNING OF 2007. IT WAS POSTPONED UNTIL 2008 BECAUSE HOMELAND SECURITY WAS HAVING A HARD TIME DEVELOPING THE ‘PASS CARD’. THEY NOW SAY THE CARDS ARE PRETTY MUCH READY, BUT THEY ARE HAVING A DIFFICULT TIME DEVELOPING SCANNING DEVICES THAT WOULD READ THE PASSPORTS AND PASS CARDS. THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE LAW HAS NOW BEEN PUT OFF UNTIL JUNE 2009. ONCE IT DOES GO INTO EFFECT, BORDER CROSSERS FROM MEXICO AND CANADA, EVEN U.S. CITIZENS AND LEGAL U.S. RESIDENTS, WILL BE REQUIRED TO SHOW A PASSPORT OR THE LESS EXPENSIVE PASS CARD IF THEY WANT TO ENTER THE U.S.. CRITICS SAY THE SECURITY MEASURE WILL RESULT IN EVEN LONGER LINES IN CROSSING THE BORDER, ESPECIALLY FROM MEXICO.