GOP Border Check Proposal: Practical or Looney Bin Candidate

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(or so it seems)

GOP Plan for Border Crossing

(scene between Buffalo and Canada)

The story from Buffalo follows, in part:

WASHINGTON (Buffalo News) – House Republicans are pushing a border security bill that would require U.S. officials to do a biometric inspection of everyone leaving the country, a change that some fear would create epic backups like no one has ever seen at the Peace Bridge and other northern border crossings.

“That would absolutely shut down the border,” said Ron Rienas, general manager of the Peace Bridge, after being told of the House legislation.

The bill would, most likely within five to seven years, require everyone entering Canada from Buffalo to go through two inspections rather than just the one inspection that Canadian officials do in Fort Erie.

The bill is scheduled for a vote possibly next week is called (guess what: another fancy name): “Secure Our Borders First Act.”

I am curious, though: Is there a problem in Canada with Americans wanting to visit or travel in or through Canada illegally?

Also, I wonder: Why does the GOP want this new system to check people leaving the US? (e.g., the GOP proposal “… require the government to take fingerprints from or do an iris scan of everyone in every vehicle leaving the country.”)

Oh, I see, to have a system in place to double check them when they return … oops … makes zero sense, none whatsoever. How about a quick shot of the car’s EZpass, or a quick swipe of bar code ID card (like a driver’s license), or quick handheld scan of passport, etc? Those things, what, make too much sense? Well, okee dokee, then.