Washington, DC - Ianuali 2008 - Ua hōʻike ka hui ʻoihana huakaʻi (TIA) i ka hopohopo i ka Pōʻalua (Ianuali 29) i nā koi palapala hou no ka hele ʻana i ka palena US-Kanada hiki ke hopena i ka pōʻino waiwai nui. Hoʻolālā ʻia e mana ma Ianuali 31, 2008, ʻo nā koi palapala hou he ʻāpana o ka Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative (WHTI). ʻOi aku ma mua o 40 miliona mau kipa ʻana i ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa i ka makahiki 2006, ua hoʻolilo ʻia ma mua o $13.5 biliona.*

"He mea koʻikoʻi loa ka huakaʻi Kanada i ʻAmelika e waiho i kahi pilikia," wahi a Roger Dow, ka Pelekikena a me ka Luna Nui o ka Hui ʻOihana Kaʻahele. "He ʻelima pākēneka wale nō ka emi ʻana o nā kipa Kanada i ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa hiki ke kūʻai i ka ʻoihana ʻAmelika ma kahi o $ 700 miliona. I ka manawa e pono ai mākou e hoʻoikaika i kā mākou hoʻokele waiwai, ʻaʻole hiki iā mākou ke hoʻokō i ka Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative ma kahi ala e pale ai i ka huakaʻi palena palena me ka hoʻonui ʻole i ka palekana.

Ua haʻi hou ʻo TIA i kāna kākoʻo no WHTI, akā kaʻana like i ka hopohopo o nā mea he nui i ka ʻaha kūkā no ka hoʻololi ʻana i ke kulekele i manaʻo ʻia e hoʻokō ʻia ma Ianuali 31 ʻaʻole i lawa pono ka kamaʻilio ʻana a pono e noʻonoʻo hou ʻia no ka huikau e kū nei i waena o nā huakaʻi ma Kanada a me ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa. .

Kākoʻo ikaika ke kaiāulu huakaʻi i ka hoʻopau ʻana i ka ʻae ʻana i nā ʻōlelo hoʻolaha waha e hoʻonui i ka palekana ma ka palena. Eia nō naʻe, paʻakikī ke koi ʻana i ka poʻe huakaʻi e lawe i kahi palapala hānau inā ʻaʻole ʻoi aku ka paʻa o ka poʻe huakaʻi. Ua hoʻopaʻapaʻa ʻo ka Department of Homeland Security (DHS) he palapala hilinaʻi ʻole nā palapala hānau e hōʻike ana i nā pilikia hōʻoia no nā mea nānā palena. No ka kaupalena ʻana i ka huikau a me ka hoʻoweliweli ʻana i ke kālepa, pono e hoʻonui ʻo DHS i ka palekana ma ke koi ʻana i kahi ID kiʻi i hoʻopuka ʻia e ke aupuni (e like me ka laikini kaʻa i kēia manawa) a hiki i ka wā e apono nui ʻia ai nā palapala huakaʻi o ka hanauna e hiki mai ana a hōʻoia ʻo DHS i ka hoʻokō ʻana i nā koina kānāwai e pono ai ke hoʻololi i ka. ka hoʻokō piha ʻana i ka WHTI ma nā awa ʻāina a me ke kai o ke komo ʻana ma hope o Iune 2009.

*Nā Puna: Statistics Canada a me US Dept. of Commerce

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To limit confusion and the threat to commerce, DHS should enhance security by requiring only a government-issued photo ID (such as a current driver's license) until next generation travel documents have been widely adopted and DHS certifies compliance with statutory criteria necessary to transition to full WHTI implementation at land and sea ports of entry after June 2009.
Ua haʻi hou ʻo TIA i kāna kākoʻo no WHTI, akā kaʻana like i ka hopohopo o nā mea he nui i ka ʻaha kūkā no ka hoʻololi ʻana i ke kulekele i manaʻo ʻia e hoʻokō ʻia ma Ianuali 31 ʻaʻole i lawa pono ka kamaʻilio ʻana a pono e noʻonoʻo hou ʻia no ka huikau e kū nei i waena o nā huakaʻi ma Kanada a me ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa. .
At a time when we must stimulate our economy, we cannot afford to implement the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative in a way that will hinder legitimate border travel without enhancing security.