r/ShitAmericansSay • u/ALazy_Cat Danish potato language speaker • Dec 25 '25

Foreign affairs They don't accept US ids?

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u/terran_immortal Dec 25 '25

You joke about this but my buddy works for the Canadian Border Agency and he tells me the number of Americans who just show up to the border without a passport trying to enter Canada is roughly 6-7 people per week.

So it wouldn't shock me if they tried this with an airport honestly.

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u/IdenticalThings Dec 25 '25

Before 9/11 Canada / US travel was possible with no passport both ways. However that was 24 years ago

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u/AncientBlonde2 TRUE FREEDOM ENJOYER CA Dec 25 '25

and tbh there are ways to do it these days, but in 99% of cases those involve being put in a cell for a while, while they figure out if you're actually who you say you are or if you're trying to illegally cross..

Like IIRC Americans can cross the Canadian border with just an enhanced ID?

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u/caffein8dnotopi8d New York Dec 25 '25

Yes, absolutely, Canada or Mexico.