Comments on: European Parliament approves PNR agreement with the US. What’s next? http://papersplease.org/wp/2012/04/25/european-parliament-approves-pnr-agreement-with-the-us-whats-next/ Challenging ID Demands Sat, 25 May 2013 16:15:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Nathan http://papersplease.org/wp/2012/04/25/european-parliament-approves-pnr-agreement-with-the-us-whats-next/#comment-574942 Nathan Thu, 26 Apr 2012 12:49:46 +0000 http://papersplease.org/wp/?p=4353#comment-574942 Scary stuff. When I first began traveling full time, I never imagined there would be a time in the US when you'd need to have papers...and as a white guy I still pretty much am free to go anywhere in the lower 48 as I wish...but obviously that's not true in a lot of places for anyone who even looks a tad bit hispanic or Mexican. And who would have thought we'd ever need a passport to get into Canada? We've avoided the great northern hat of America ever since passports were required...which is our fault, I know, as we're legal residents and all...but something about it just doesn't sit well. It's bad enough going through border partrol in Texas & Arizona, where at least the way we look gets us through pretty quickly, but as for the northern border, well "our looks" actually play a reverse role there... anyway, thanks for the blog, look forward to reading more. Scary stuff. When I first began traveling full time, I never imagined there would be a time in the US when you’d need to have papers…and as a white guy I still pretty much am free to go anywhere in the lower 48 as I wish…but obviously that’s not true in a lot of places for anyone who even looks a tad bit hispanic or Mexican. And who would have thought we’d ever need a passport to get into Canada?

We’ve avoided the great northern hat of America ever since passports were required…which is our fault, I know, as we’re legal residents and all…but something about it just doesn’t sit well. It’s bad enough going through border partrol in Texas & Arizona, where at least the way we look gets us through pretty quickly, but as for the northern border, well “our looks” actually play a reverse role there…

anyway, thanks for the blog, look forward to reading more.

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