June 1 was the day passports, passport cards or Real ID/WHTI complaint (RFID "enhanced") driver licenses began to be required for citizens of the United States who re-enter the country from Canada at land crossings. Before June, any driver's license or birth certificate would have worked for you.

The requirement is part of the State Department's Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative (WHTI) that is being rolled out across Canada and the United States (and eventually Mexico). This is Real ID by another name. WHTI compliant means RFID enhanced cards. Your driver's license will still have a pretty state logo wrapper, but be clear: This is now your electronically trackable national identification card.

If unresisted, mission creep will be the means for the presentation of this card becoming more and more a part of our monitored daily lives.

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D. Whitehead said:

	I don't care what anybody says - - - It's time to stand up and FIGHT!!!
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June 17, 2009
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bturner said:

	we are standing up against this here in AZ JBS members in AZ are hard at work getting the WHTI repealed here in AZ. We had victory last year with the REAL ID, now we go to stop this!
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June 20, 2009
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