Strict border entry rules are being largely ignored

New government audit shows many discrepancies and inconsistencies

U.S. Customs and Border Protection inspectors were supposed to start enforcing stringent ID requirements at the nation's land borders more than a year and a half ago. Even with increased concerns about terrorism, new audit has proven that millions of travelers are still being admitted without passports or other secure IDs.

Auditors wrote that the agency 'continues to incur risk' that it will admit travelers falsely claiming to be citizens of the U.S., Canada, Bermuda and Mexico.

 

LOS ANGELES, CA (Catholic Online) - An Office of Inspector General found that the border patrol remains unprepared to fully implement the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative, which officially took effect in June 2009 and requires all travelers -- including U.S. citizens, to carry passports or one of a handful of other forms of secure ID.