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Friday, July 30, 2010
Arizona Tribe Becomes First To Issue Enhanced IDs
Associated Press
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — A southern Arizona tribe has become the first to issue identification cards with enhanced federal security features to its members.
The cards will allow members of the Pascua Yaqui tribe to enter the United States by land or through a sea port of entry. They were developed after more than a year of consultation with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
The cards meet requirements of what's known as the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative — a post Sept. 11 effort to strengthen U.S. border security.
Pascua Yaqui Chairman Peter Yucupicio says the cards will help facilitate ceremonial, business and family travel for tribal members who live on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border.
The tribe's enrollment office began issuing the cards on a voluntary basis Monday.
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