Clinton defends new border restrictions
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Mitch Potter, Toronto Star
May 19, 2009
‘Border with Canada pretty porous’ when the secretary of state was the senator from New York, regardless, all citizens will require a passport or equivalent to cross the border as of June 1
WASHINGTON – The United States is not singling out Canada for especially harsh scrutiny as it moves to impose strict new border rules, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said today.
Clinton, addressing a Toronto Star question during a rare encounter with foreign journalists in Washington, dismissed the notion that Americans view their northern border as a particularly troublesome entry point for terror.
“Americans are worried about every port and point of entry. I don’t think we have any lesser concerns about any other route in to our country than any other one,” said Clinton.
“Obviously we’re proud of a long and peaceful border that we share with Canada. But I think it is fair to say that since 9/11 we have been working with our friends in Canada to harden that border.”
Reminded of the pervasive myth of Canada as a transit point for the 9/11 bombers – a perception fed, in part, by erroneous comments attributed to Clinton herself when she was a senator from New York – Clinton took the conversation in a slightly different direction.
“As you alluded, I represented New York for eight wonderful years. And our border (with Canada) was pretty porous, just to be blunt.” She said.
“It had never been a problem before. We had both land and water points of entry that had been traditionally used without any questions being asked.
“And unfortunately, given the security environment that we have to deal with today, we have been focused on making sure our northern border was as secure as possible without undermining either our relationship or the trade in goods and services, the tourism, the natural flow of people who both work and go to school and recreate on both sides of the border.”
Clinton’s comments represent a reasoned step back from recent remarks by her cabinet colleague, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, who has repeatedly alluded to terror suspects – those known to the public and others known only to security agencies – who have entered the United States via Canada.
But there is no daylight between the two when it comes to the imminent remedy – the June 1 implementation of the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative, which will require all people using the Canada-U.S. land borders to carry passports or their equivalent.
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