Originally Posted by
kebosabi
If Americans don't need passports, why does the US State Department issue American Passports?
Seriously, it all takes less than second to *think*
Not trying to justify their ignorance, but it used to be the case (pre 2004, I believe) that US citizens didn't need a passport to travel to Mexico or Canada. It could have been the case that the couple in question, even though they had traveled internationally, never needed one before and maybe followed some very bad (probably online
) advice. And, yeah, they were probably ot-nay oo-tay ever-clay.