[Marine Inspector]

I think this will never be implemented because it will cause huge lines and lenghty delays at the major border crossing points near San Diego, Vancouver BC, Windsort ONT, etc.

It will be implemented and it won't cause much of a delay, if any at all.

The other reason this will never happen is because there are so many people living in Amercia as citizens who cannot produce proof that they were born here or were naturalized.

Anyone born or naturalized in the US can get proof.

I have friends in San Diego who were born in parts of Portugal where they didn't give out birth certificates, and then these guys immigrated to the US when they were young children. They were never naturalized, so they can't prove they're citizens and they don't even attempt to get passports.

If they were never naturalized, then they are not US citizens and can't get a US passport anyway. They should have Resident Alien cards and their Portugal passports. That's all they need.

Then of course there are the millions of illegal immigrants from Mexico who can't prove they're citizens, even if they were covered by Reagan's amnesty of 1986.

Duh, If they are illegal aliens, then they are obviously not citizens and can't get a US passport. If they were part of the Reagan amnesty, then they have the proper immigration documents and will have no problem crossing the border.

[defenderSD]

Some of my friends from Portugal don't have birth certificates (none were ever issued) so they can't prove where they were born and couldn't get a Portugese passport either. That's probably true for a lot of other immigrants also, especially people over 40 who were born before birth certificates were mandatory in some countries.

I'll still bet you a case of beer that this will never implemented for more than a few weeks.