Reply #7: True, but as a resident of a border state.... [View All]

[marmar]

It's the non-air travel between the U.S. and Canada that will be hurt. Windsor, Ontario is essentially a suburb of Detroit, and there's a huge amount of daily cross-border traffic and commerce. I think the requirement of a passport is going to have an extremely detrimental effect on that kind of traffic.
At the same time, It's sad that only a quarter of Americans have a passport. Maybe it would encourage them to get out experience the world, and expand the unbelievably narrow view among many of our fellow citizens.