Tighter U.S. Border ID Rules Begin:

Get your passports ready!

Tighter U.S. Border ID Rules Begin: Homeland Defense & Terror News at Officer.com: "Motorists easily passed through border checkpoints Thursday as enforcement of new rules for the types of identification U.S. and Canadian citizens must present to cross into the country began without the backups and confusion some travelers had feared.

Under the new rules, people will no longer be allowed to simply declare to immigration officers at border crossings that they are citizens, said Jayson Ahern, deputy commissioner with U.S. Customs and Border Protection.

Instead, those 19 and older will have to show proof of citizenship - a passport, trusted traveler card or a birth certificate and government-issued ID such as a driver's license."