In 1990 it was only 5% of Americans and now it's 50%. In the UK it's 85% but a better comparison is probably France who are in the Schengen Area so only 60% have a passport.

If I lived in France I doubt I would travel outside of the Schengen Area.

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mothballed 2 hours ago | parent [-]

About half of Americans traveling to/from Mexico by land at a small crossing i noticed didn't even have them (recently). Turns out Mexico doesn't legally require a passport for entry and the US has to take back citizens who appear without one. This won't do shit to stop escaping deadbeats, just another scheme to punish parents at a threshold so low it could be a single misreported tech worker payment while doing fuck all for the kids.

And people wonder why no one is having kids. It is punishment after punishment by a society who pretends to care about kids but does fuck all to help, only to rub it in your face and punish you when you are down.

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antonvs 22 minutes ago | parent [-]

> Turns out Mexico doesn't legally require a passport for entry

This isn't true. See e.g. https://consulmex.sre.gob.mx/washington/index.php/ligavisos/... :

> "All foreigners, regardless of their nationality, are required to present a valid and not expired passport or travel document when entering Mexico (traveling by air, land or sea)."

What you may have observed is Mexican border control at a small crossing may not enforce that requirement.

	▲	mothballed 16 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		I need to check the actual Mexican law. It's my understanding that they didn't actually change the law like the US did post 9/11, and legally all you need at land border is an ID and birth certificate. I see it says that the consulate says that, but it doesn't cite the law requiring it (some of the news I found around 2010 clarified it isn't actually required by Mexican law at the land border, but it's hearsay like what was posted on the consulate), and a mere statement on the website isn't legally binding (and in fact, not my experience with border control).