Keith White on growing Congressional opposition to a White House proposal to study the impact of adding a new crossborder fee.
By Keith Edmund White
Editor-in-Chief
Bill Owens (D-NY) has pledged to "explore all legislative options" to prevent a proposed DHS study on the "feasibility and cost" of a new border fee at northern and southwestern U.S. border crossings.
Who thought a boilerplate study would generate such buzz?
But when the study relates to slapping a new fee on crossborder travel between the United States and Canada, pushback is to be expected.
