Will Grigg's Liberty Minute

January 29, 2008

The defining trait of a prison is the fact that those within it cannot leave without the permission of their keepers. Bear that in mind as we examine new federal policies regarding international travel by US citizens.

The Department of Homeland Security requires US citizens to obtain passports before flying to Canada or Mexico. It is also extending that requirement to those who travel by land to those countries. A supplemental rule going into effect on January 31 will require Customs and Border Enforcement agents to deny entry to US citizens who do not present the appropriate government-issued papers.

The Identity Project, an activist group seeking to protect privacy and the freedom to travel, notes that under the new rule, ?The burden will be on you to `prove' your right to travel....If the government won?t give you papers, you can neither leave nor return to your own country.?

By any reasonable definition, this is a description of a prison society.

Let us take back the liberty wherewith Christ has made us free.