| But what about the nation that issued the passport? Would it not be much easier for them to look into the backgrounds of their own citizens prior to issuing passports? Absolutely, and all nations should, but few take even a cursory look into the matter. Why should they? For most of them, their nationals are well behaved and to investigate each passport applicant would involve costs depending on the depth of the inquiry. But what if the nations of the world accepted responsibility, or more precisely, accepted financial responsibility, for the criminal acts of their passport holders while in another country? What effect would such a system have? Errett believes the benefits to the United States and almost every other nation in the world, by adopting the POP plan would be enormous. |