| Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative
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| | now required to obtain a passport for
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| (WHTI) puts a damper on many travel
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| | your travels outside the United States.
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| plans.
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| | You could, not to long ago, travel to
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| As many of you may know by now,
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| | Canada or Mexico as easily as traveling
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| especially if you have upcoming plans to
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| | to visit your parents 5 states away. Not
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| travel to one of our neighboring
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| | anymore. The Federal governments goal to
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| countries like Canada or Mexico, your
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| | strengthen border security and facilitate
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| travel plans just might be at risk. The
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| | entry into the United States for U.S.
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| Intelligence Reform and Terrorism
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| | citizens and legitimate foreign visitors
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| Prevention Act or 2004 requires the
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| | now requires all travelers to basically
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| Department of Homeland Security and
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| | check-in by obtaining a passport for
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| Department of State to develop and
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| | identification and proof of citizenship.
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| implement a plan to require all
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| | This is an absolute necessity to secure
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| travelers, U.S. citizens and foreign
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| | our borders against un-authorized access
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| nationals alike, to present a passport or
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| | with the foremost hopes of preventing
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| other document, or a combination of
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| | terrorist acts by individuals abroad.
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| documents, that denote identity and
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| | Unfortunately, the policy and enforcement
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| citizenship when entering the United
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| | on border security will affect both
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| States. Congress amended portions of the
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| | incoming travelers and domestic travelers
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| Act in 2006. The Western Hemisphere
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| | going abroad. As of January 2007,
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| Travel Initiative is the Administrations
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| | traveling to Mexico, Canada, Bermuda and
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| proposed plan to implement this mandate.
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| | the Caribbean is now considered traveling
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| So what does this mean? Well, for
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| | abroad, where once we could travel to the
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| starters, if youre traveling to Mexico,
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| | above countries with limited or no
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| Canada, Bermuda or the Caribbean, you are
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| | documentation needed at all.
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