I live in Alaska. Driving to visit friends in Az, I have to have a passport.
For flying, all that is needed is a passport card or a Real ID approved document.
“Show me your papers” is just around the corner....
The old Soviet Union had domestic passports that were required for internal travel.
With the RealID requirements, we're not that far from the same thing here for domestic air travel.
I would assume that's because you have to go through British Columbia. Which I find suspicious, because to the best of my knowledge it's neither British nor Columbia.
Did you drive through a foreign country?
Don’t you need a passport to fly into Canada now? And back?
Then "Your papers are not in order, come with me"
For flying, all that is needed is a passport card or a Real ID approved document.
It must be Canada asking for a Passport then. You only need a Passport Card to travel by foot or vehicle back in from Canada or Mexico unless something has changed at the Northern border.
Couldn’t you have found some relatives in Florida to visit?
I live in Alaska too. Don't be disingenuous. Of course you need a passport if you are driving from AK to AZ. In order to drive you have to cross the Canadian border.