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Will You Need a Passport To Take a Domestic Flight?
By Passport Editorial

At the moment, you only need a passport if you're leaving the country.  But in this age of increased security, will you ever need a passport to board a domestic flight? Eventually, yes. There is a possibility that you could need a passport to board  a domestic flight if you live in some states. That's because in 2005, the government passed the REAL ID Act, which created new standards that states were required to apply to their driver's license and…

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Passport Services in Alabama on Rise Due to New Immigration Law
By Passport Editorial

Earlier this year, C.G.P Grey crunched some numbers to find out the approximate percentage of people in each state who owned passports. Alabama was fourth from the bottom, with only 25.03% of its residents owning passports. That may change shortly, as Alabama's strict new immigration law has many Hispanic US citizens applying for passport services so that they have portable proof of citizenship to carry around. According to NPR, "Alabama's law, which takes effect Sept. 1, allows police to arrest…

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Open Border Advocates: Get Over It, and Get a Passport, Quick!
By Passport Editorial

For many years, crossing the Canadian/American border was hardly more difficult than crossing from one state to another. In the "good old days," all you had to do was verbally declare your citizenship at the border and you were good to go. The Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative (WHTI) put an end to that practice. Under the WHTI, Passengers on US/Canada flights have been required to carry passports since 2007, but the rules remained more relaxed for land and sea crossings.…

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