Show Me Your Papers! Or, Hey, Don't.

Passport please — but license will do

The law says U.S. citizens have to have a passport or other approved document to cross the border, and most comply, but Customs agents let them slide if they don't.

http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/state/passport_please__but_drivers_license_will_do_93833059.html

This makes an interesting companion piece to my column on Thursday:


Shadowland: Immigration and IDs: A Modest Proposal, 13 May 2010
All Americans—whether brown, white, or black—should be required to carry a passport showing they are red, white, and blue. http://www.newsweek.com/id/237950