Comment by clanky
1 day ago
> Do you not realize how much of a constant, non-trivial challenge identifying foreign nationals is for immigration officials? ... These are not citizens, these are foreigners electing to seek the privilege of entering a country that is not their own.
Who cares? You used to not even need a passport at all for international travel.
Yeah because international travel was fucking hard, took weeks or months, killed half your party, and I'm going to go out on a limb and guess you didn't exactly have a welcoming party anywhere you went. What a wild take.