News From the Border

Providing the news from a different front but from a war that we must win as well! I recognize the poverty and desperate conditions that many Latinos live in. We, as the USA, have a responsibility to do as much as we can to reach out to aid and assist spiritually with the Gospel and naturally with training, technology and resources. But poverty gives no one the right to break the laws of another sovereign nation.

Wednesday, December 26, 2007

Documentation, ID soon to be required to cross border

BY STEPHANIE SANCHEZ, SPECIAL TO THE SUN

December 25, 2007 - 9:25PM

Soon, just saying you're a U.S. citizen at a U.S. land port of entry won't be acceptable if you want to re-enter the country, and a driver's license alone won't be enough either.

Starting Jan. 31, U.S. citizens and Canadian citizens will be required to show a birth certificate as well as a government-issued photo ID to prove their citizenship if they don't have a passport.

"We are coming into a transition phase and it's to raise awareness among travelers that the passport requirement will come into play here soon," said Brian Levin, spokesman for Customs and Border Protection in Arizona. "And it's to get people used to carrying and showing documentation when coming through."

U.S. citizens and Canadian citizens who are 19 years of age and older will need to show a birth or naturalization certificate with a government-issued photo ID such as a driver's license. People 18 and under are required to show a birth certificate, Levin said.

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