[Marine Inspector]

At nearly 100 dollars a copy for the passport, this is just a way for the govt to make money IMO, and pretend that they are protecting our security of course.

I disagree. Security is the overall concern, but as always, the Government goes about it wrong.

One of two things will happen. Either this whole thing will get nixed before 2008 or the Feds will drop the price of passports

[Plain Old American]

How is security the overall concern when requiring American Citizens to have proper documentation to return to America, while the 'rights' of illegal aliens are cited as reasons the 'Minuteman Project' needs to be watched? Guess we as Americans need to ask Vincenti what the easiest and quickest path from Naco to Tucson is.......

[Bernard]

or the Feds will drop the price of passports

Not likely. It's much more likely that the price will go up to help pay for passports for poor people who can't afford to pay for their own.

This would make the border problem easier to identify. If you're within 100 miles of the border and you don't have a passport or other proof of US citizenship, you get detained.