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The ID requirement to gain entry is fairly specific. I can't imagine CBP just letting someone through without it. I understand some people do the 'am I free t
by rootusrootus 3y ago
The ID requirement to gain entry is fairly specific. I can't imagine CBP just letting someone through without it. I understand some people do the 'am I free to go' bit with local police, but that's after you're inside the country.
To be clear, I think it's 100% okay for the border patrol to require proof of citizenship at the border. I just think that the moment you prove it, the border patrol becomes just like any other federal police force, no extra powers just because they're at the border.
- akomtu 3y ago> can't imagine CBP just letting someone through without it Depends on the border that you're trying to cross.
- reaperman 3y agoObviously you can come back into the country without a passport/ID, it’s just a hassle. It’s not like they send you back and now you have no citizenship. They have a process for this, it just takes a long time to manually confirm you are who you say you are.
- CPLX 3y agoIn actual practice though they don’t. If you walk across the bridge from Mexico after a night out 99 times out of 100 they’ll just ask your citizenship verbally and if you speak English without an accent they wave you on.