catocony

Passports are not free. They're currently $110.00, plus the cost of a photo and the cost to mail the app in. There are no provisions I'm aware of where you can have the fee waived due to financial hardship. Thus, requiring everyone to have a passport creates a financial hardship for many, which would mean that they cannot use commercial air transportation in the United States.

<deleted by moderator>. Other than revenue protection for airlines, who really cares who is flying on a plane? If they have no weapons, they're not a threat to the aircraft. End of story. TSA was created to protect against hijackings. No fly lists, shoe carnival, the war on water and all the rest do not protect against that threat at all.