Reply #16: I think you might want to reread what I wrote

[Solly Mack]

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I did say the ID could be used...if Canada and Mexico allow for it...it's their call, not America's...to travel between the borders without a passport.(ie on the same continent)

"If countries that border the US, Mexico and Canada, allow the use of the ID for entry into their countries by Americans, then all an American will need to travel to either country is the ID. (and not a passport) If Canada and Mexico want a passport, then you'll need a passport to travel there...but you'll still need the ID to re-enter America."


America can issue the ID but that in no way obligates Canada or Mexico to honor it for entry into their countries. Or, "to leave" America...defining entry at a land border crossing into another country as leaving America

And I know passports weren't usually required for such direct travel(crossing a land border)...though there are exceptions to that rule...but that doesn't mean it can't change. Canada could start requiring more in light of America's push to "secure her borders"...and Canada could decide they won't accept the ID. Not saying they will, just saying it's their call...not the US governments.

The point is, the ID is required to re-enter the US. Regardless of what Canada says you need to enter their country, the US is saying you need this ID to come back into America. Which is what I said in my earlier post. The US government was talking using a passport for that...but now they are talking about using the ID instead. To ENTER...

http://209.85.129.104/search?q=cache:YZoQdyWZPlYJ:talkleft.com/new_archives/010252.html+US+might+require+passports+to+enter+from+Canada&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=8

http://coleman.senate.gov/index.cfm?FuseAction=Articles.Detail&article_id=68&Month=4&Year=2005

In the article, where it says "The United States has released plans for a wallet-sized pass card that Americans could use instead of a passport to enter the country.

They mean to enter the United States - so if you leave (enter another country) America, you'll need that ID card to re-enter the states. Hence, it doesn't say you need it to leave...though Canada/Mexico could require it...but it does say you need it to enter.

Nautrally, logic demands (and common sense I hope) that if you need the ID to enter that you carried it with you when you left.