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why does boarding Amtrak train in Alexandria requires proof of US citizenship or legal status?
Posted by: Karina ()
Date: August 13, 2008 03:17PM

why does boarding Amtrak train in Alexandria requires proof of US citizenship or legal status? (riding the Amtrak train from Alexandria to Charlotte) What gives them the authority to coduct immigration check within the US?

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Re: why does boarding Amtrak train in Alexandria requires proof of US citizenship or legal status?
Posted by: Karina ()
Date: August 13, 2008 03:17PM

just to add to my question above...

it was the first time I've ever been on a train in the US

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Re: why does boarding Amtrak train in Alexandria requires proof of US citizenship or legal status?
Posted by: Expensive Jeans ()
Date: August 13, 2008 03:21PM

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Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 04/30/2009 09:55PM by Expensive Jeans.

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Re: why does boarding Amtrak train in Alexandria requires proof of US citizenship or legal status?
Posted by: 496 ()
Date: August 13, 2008 03:29PM

Comply bitch.

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Re: why does boarding Amtrak train in Alexandria requires proof of US citizenship or legal status?
Posted by: Mrs.K ()
Date: August 13, 2008 03:43PM

Last time I was on Amtrak (DC to NY) they asked for my driver's license when I bought my ticket (proof of identity I guess.) They didn't ask about citizenship or anything like that. Rules may have changed, though.

FYI - Don't get on the Amtrak going north in Alexandria, unless you are prepared to wait around at least an hour when it stops in DC.

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Re: why does boarding Amtrak train in Alexandria requires proof of US citizenship or legal status?
Posted by: Good Question ()
Date: August 13, 2008 03:46PM

It looks as if you are in this country legally, you should have
no problem as long as you have proper identification. If not,
then tough luck. Its all about National Security. Evidently
some folks do not like this idea, but hey, this is NOT their
country in the first place. These punks should go home and
demonstrate:

http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/04/02/a-protest-over-bus-and-train-citizenship-checks/

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Re: why does boarding Amtrak train in Alexandria requires proof of US citizenship or legal status?
Posted by: netsurfer ()
Date: January 15, 2011 01:47PM

Must be a mistake!! That's not even required to travel BY AIR domestically, which I do all the time with a simple driver's license!

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Re: why does boarding Amtrak train in Alexandria requires proof of US citizenship or legal status?
Posted by: curious ()
Date: January 15, 2011 08:38PM

"FYI - Don't get on the Amtrak going north in Alexandria, unless you are prepared to wait around at least an hour when it stops in DC."

- Yes, south of DC the Amtrak trains are all diesel. They switch at Union Station, or sometimes, at Philadelphia.

"That's not even required to travel BY AIR domestically"

- You do not need any kind of ID (photo id or anything) to fly domestically.

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Re: why does boarding Amtrak train in Alexandria requires proof of US citizenship or legal status?
Posted by: MenAtWork ()
Date: January 15, 2011 09:07PM

Because we don't want Mexican hoes in our trains!

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Re: why does boarding Amtrak train in Alexandria requires proof of US citizenship or legal status?
Posted by: Are you Muslim looking? ()
Date: January 15, 2011 09:24PM

Do you remember the date 9/11? Get your shit straight or drive.

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Re: why does boarding Amtrak train in Alexandria requires proof of US citizenship or legal status?
Posted by: kazhetonxita ()
Date: April 22, 2011 11:11AM

WOW ALOT OF THE IDIOTS WHO pOSTED ARE SOME IGNORANT ASSHOLES>>> ALL THE RACIST ppL CAN GO FUK THEMSELVES!!

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Re: why does boarding Amtrak train in Alexandria requires proof of US citizenship or legal status?
Posted by: Camille A. Bizri ()
Date: June 25, 2015 01:41PM

when you board an airplane @ Reagan---------- yes, you do need your identification.

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Re: why does boarding Amtrak train in Alexandria requires proof of US citizenship or legal status?
Posted by: LGMGT ()
Date: June 25, 2015 01:50PM

To prevent a Hi-Jacking to Cuba.

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Re: why does boarding Amtrak train in Alexandria requires proof of US citizenship or legal status?
Posted by: Mike O'Meara Show Fan ()
Date: June 25, 2015 01:52PM

Are you Muslim looking? Wrote:
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> Do you remember the date 9/11? Get your shit
> straight or drive.


You mean Benghazi, right? I'm not taking fucking Amtrak to Libya.

I remember once years ago smoking reefer all night long on the Southern Crescent. Good times.

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Re: why does boarding Amtrak train in Alexandria requires proof of US citizenship or legal status?
Posted by: Ralph Pootawn ()
Date: June 25, 2015 01:53PM

kazhetonxita Wrote:
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> WOW ALOT OF THE IDIOTS WHO pOSTED ARE SOME
> IGNORANT ASSHOLES>>> ALL THE RACIST ppL CAN GO FUK
> THEMSELVES!!
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Re: why does boarding Amtrak train in Alexandria requires proof of US citizenship or legal status?
Posted by: All Aboard! ()
Date: June 25, 2015 02:40PM

Karina Wrote:
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> why does boarding Amtrak train in Alexandria
> requires proof of US citizenship or legal status?
> (riding the Amtrak train from Alexandria to
> Charlotte) What gives them the authority to
> coduct immigration check within the US?


I was just on it. They don't ask for ID. They barely even remember to ask for your ticket.

Not that it's too surprising from an agency where hundreds of employees claim they work more than 40 hours a day. You read that right.

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