Starting in January anytime you go 60 or more miles out into the ocean fishing you’ll need a passport to reenter the United States. Of course swimming the Rio Grand will still not require any documentation. I’m all for tightening up the borders but this rule seems to be a bit ridiculous when I bet I drive by more illegals’ in a morning on my way to work that crossed a river then all of those who snuck in on a local fishing boat.
Passport to be required for offshore fishing
LAKE CHARLES, La. — Air and water travelers from abroad aren’t the only people who will need passports next year _ deep-sea anglers who go more than 60 miles from shore will, too.
That’s increased business significantly at the Moss Street post office in Lake Charles.
Postal Service employee James Coleman said he issued about 40 passports a day last month, compared to a total of 40 in September. Nationally, more than 1.4 million passports were issued in October.
It will be interesting to see how this is enforced and I bet it will catch a lot of folks off guard.
