Trump’s executive order on voting rights. I may be misinterpreting this (correct me please if I am), but it sure sounds like you won’t be allowed to vote if you didn’t opt for a “RealID” version of your license. A regular driver’s license contains no information regarding citizenship status, at least in my state, so it wouldn’t count. A lot of low income people in rural America have skipped getting a “RealID” because it’s more expensive. If this order goes thru, that decision may cost them their right to vote. This could disenfranchise millions of low income voters.
I do not have a passport. I’ve never left North America. Also, I don’t fly anywhere unless there’s no other option. I haven’t been on a plane in 2-3 years.
In the states, I believe it’s now required to have a RealID to get on a plane now. It’s that or a passport. And you need a passport (or at least a passport card) to get into Mexico or Canada if you don’t want to deal with the customs people having to pull you aside and call the state department or whatever. I say that having watched an idiot friend of a friend not bring a passport when we all drove up to Montreal years ago - stalled us for over an hour at the border because he was a dipshit. I expect Canadian and Mexican immigration officials will be rather less tolerant of such mistakes these days.