I'm not a bit surprised of the words trilateral and trilaterally being repeatably used in his speech. If one didn't know any better, we'd be led to believe the Mexican ambassador to Canada was speaking about three nation discussions. When in reality, the content of his speech meant the NWO, or the softened renamed term..."globalization." Is there a North American Union plan to Replace the USA? Absolutely, only a mushroomed fool could think otherwise.
As someone said earlier, deny at your own peril.
Lot of mushrooms in them there woods...
BTW our paper has an article today -- I believe it is AP out of Mexico City called:
"Mexico Works to bar non-natives -- Limiting Immigrants"
I haven't seen it here yet, but haven't been online much this morning. If people haven't seen it I can give the highlights of the article.
Develop a North American Border Pass. The three countries should develop a secure North American Border Passwith biometric identifiers. This document would allow its bearers expedited passage through customs, immigration, and airport security throughout the region. The program would be modeled on the U.S.-Canadian ‘‘NEXUS’’ and the U.S.-Mexican ‘‘SENTRI’’ programs, which provide ‘‘smart cards’’ to allow swifter passage to those who pose no risk. Only those who voluntarily seek, receive, and pay the costs for a security clearance would obtain a Border Pass. The pass would be accepted at all border points within North America as a complement to, but not a replacement for, national identity documents or passports.
It's already implemented. See here for information on "biometrics" used at the border, and also what has already been implemented:
Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative, April 5, 2005QUESTION: Can I just continue that clarification? To get a NEXUS card right now or, if you're a Canadian trucker applying for a FAST card, you do not need a passport and you will not need a passport and there are already biometrics in those two. Are all three of those things correct?
MS. DEZENSKI: That's correct. The only caveat is that this is a proposal. What we're proposing is that these would be the documentation requirements, so it's not final. It's not a must until the rule is final.
* * * QUESTION: But NEXUS and FAST have biometrics?
MS. DEZENSKI: Both do. Yes, that's correct.
* * * Now, the third phase is getting into the land borders and that's where we think we have some flexibility to utilize some other types of documentation. So, in addition to the passport, what we're proposing is the popular use of four different documents.
The first would be what we call a BCC, or Border Crossing Card, which is issued to Mexican nationals and requires a passport. And it's similar to applying for a visa, but instead of getting a visa you would actually get a Border Crossing Card. It's utilized by Mexican nationals who come into the country on regular basis, to visit family, for work purposes, whatever the case may be. So that's one option at the southern border that we think will be flexible in terms of those document requirements.
The second option is what we call the SENTRI card and the SENTRI card is also used at the southern border. It can apply to U.S. citizens, Mexican citizens or third-party citizens who cross that border on a regular basis. And in order to get a SENTRI card, you do have to present some documentation that verifies your citizenship. And that's really the key: Does the alternative document allow us to verify your identify and where you're from?
The third option would be what we call our NEXUS card, and the NEXUS card is also applicable to U.S. citizens as well as Canadian citizens and then any third-party nationals who might also be interested. But it applies to crossing on the northern border. Similar to SENTRI, there are requirements that would verify your identification and your country of origin.
The fourth option is what we call our FAST Card, Free and Secure Trade, and that applies to commercial truck drivers on both the northern and the southern border. So if you're crossing routinely -- we have, actually, many FAST Cards already in use and that is one document where we think we have the right level of security and could utilize that in lieu of a passport for those commercial drivers.
So those are the four options that we're proposing at this point. As we move forward with the implementation of this program, it is possible that additional types of registered traveler programs could be available. We'll look at that on an evolving basis as we continue to work through those issues within the department, but we think there is some flexibility that we can look at for the land border, which is really where we have the most challenges in terms of facilitating a great number of people and doing so in a way that doesn't slow things down too much.