What makes Passports more secure than other IDs?
Answer:
Having a passport means that you are given permission by the government to exit and re-enter the United States. Holding a "citizenship card" or a proof of citizenship (i.e. birth certificate) is just that... a proof of citizenship only. Useful for obtaining jobs and government benefits, but it doesn't give you permission to re-enter the country.
And passports are far more secure than other IDs because they are much harder to counterfit. They now make them with chips on the inside cover. In addition, it's a lot harder to counterfit a 20-page booklet with security features on each page than it is to fake a small little ID card. Also consider that all passports look the same, so it's easy to detect a counterfit, whereas there are 50 different types of driver licenses in the country.
They aren't always.
They aren't. It's just a new means to collect another hundred bucks and more personal info.
they are putting chips in passports now. it will make it harder to make false ones. i think it's a great idea. peoples info will be protected. this way when they get checked if you the person does not match the one on the passport, well you know what will happen. jail, prison.
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