My husband and I have traveled to Mexico and the Caribbean with my sister and her husband. They had passports and generally breezed through customs, whereas our birth certificates usually caused a delay and some arbitrary form needed to be chased down. We will have passports for any future travel.
I recognize that a determined bad guy will get across the border, but I believe we can at least make it a little more difficult. The situation now is far too lax. I am also in favor of the proposed passport "chip" which may make it more difficult to create fraudulent documents.
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