Thread: Border officials advise travelers to carry proper IDs

Border officials advise travelers to carry proper IDs when crossing bridges
By Lou Michel
Updated: 05/15/08 9:10 AM


A strategy for getting across the Buffalo Niagara region’s four international bridges this weekend — the traditional start of heavy summer cross-border travel — may spare motorists the unwanted angst of a traffic jam.

That’s the advice from U.S. Customs & Border Protection officials who are gearing up for Canada’s Victoria Day weekend, which begins Friday, and Memorial Day weekend, a week later.

“Travelers should be reminded that as of the end of January we stopped accepting an oral declaration of citizenship and now U.S. and Canadian citizens have to present documentary proof of citizenship,â€

We AMERICANS have to HAVE PROPER IDS while the ILLEGALS can
just run across the boarder.