Homeland Security Announcing New Border Rules

WASHINGTON (AP) - Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff
is predicting longer lines for those entering the United States
because of new border crossing rules that will soon take effect.
Starting February 1st, a driver's license and oral declaration
of citizenship will not be enough to enter the United States.
People will have to present proof of citizenship, usually in the
form of a passport or a birth certificate.
Chertoff says that without the rule change, the country risks
another September 11th-type attack, adding that critics of the
effort need to "grow up."
Chertoff says his agency will have to push back a deadline for
requiring passports -- rather than birth certificates -- at the
borders. Chertoff has already delayed the rule once, but Congress
recently passed legislation delaying the passport requirement until
June of 2009.