Coloradans and thousands of other Americans may get some passport relief. The Bush administration is poised to suspend a major post-9/11 security initiative to cope with increasingly angry complaints from Americans whose summer vacations are threatened by new passport rules that have slowed processing to a crawl.
A proposal, expected to be announced today, will temporarily waive a requirement that U.S. citizens have passports to fly to and from Canada, Mexico, the Caribbean and Bermuda, provided the traveler can prove he or she has already applied for a passport, officials said Thursday.
Judy and Darrell Green of Rifle are still waiting to hear whether their son-in-law’s passport will arrive in time for a family vacation to Playa del Carmen, Mexico, to celebrate their 40th wedding anniversary and Darrell’s 60th birthday.
Darrell Green’s passport arrived Thursday, only after Rep. John Salazar helped expedite it. Their son-in-law expects to get his today with the help of Rep. Marilyn Musgrave.
