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IG: CBP Hasn’t Fully Implemented WHTI Land Border Document Requirements

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Wednesday, December 22nd, 2010

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Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is not ready to "fully enforce" the requirement that all United States citizens, legal U.S. residents, Canadians, Bermudians and Mexicans have an acceptable form of documentation when entering the U.S. and land ports of entry and hasn't analyzed the impact full compliance would have on secondary inspection, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Inspector General's Office says in a new report. The land and sea rule of the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative (WHTI) that went…

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