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Bush and Passports
Bush backs off passports for border travel
President orders review, says he was surprised by security move
The Associated Press
Updated: 9:43 a.m. ET April 15, 2005
WASHINGTON - Plans requiring passports from people entering the United States don’t pass muster with President Bush, who has ordered a review of this border security effort amid fears it would impede legal travel from Canada, Mexico and other U.S. neighbors.
The president said Thursday he was surprised by the proposed rules announced last week by the State and Homeland Security departments.
“When I first read that in the newspaper about the need to have passports, particularly today’s crossings that take place, about a million for instance in the state of Texas, I said, ‘What’s going on here?”’ Bush said when asked about the rules at a meeting of the American Society of Newspaper Editors.
“I thought there was a better way to expedite the legal flow of traffic and people,” he said.
Bush, a former Texas governor, said he has ordered a review of the rules. “If people have to have a passport, it’s going to disrupt the honest flow of traffic. I think there’s some flexibility in the law, and that’s what we’re checking out right now,” the president said.
“On the larger scale, we’ve got a lot to do to enforce the border,” he said.