Senators urge delay in border-ID rules
Jerry Seper

A bipartisan group of senators wants Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff to pull the plug on new border requirements, set to begin tomorrow, that require proof of citizenship and identity for those entering the U.S. at the nation’s land ports of entry.

Eight Democrats, 10 Republicans and one independent asked in a letter, dated Monday and released yesterday, for the department to continue accepting oral declarations of citizenship and government-issued photo-ID cards until full implementation of the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative (WHTI) in June 2009.

“They already have done damage by their mishandling of this, but it is not too late for common sense,â€