Canadian hockey teams are crossing the land border to avoid America’s pre-departure test requirement.

It’s happened in Washington and New York.

The United States remains one of the only countries in the Americas and Europe to still require pre-departure testing of all inbound air travelers. Even Australia has ended pre-departure testing! Much to the chagrin of the travel industry, the Biden administration has shown no interest in lifting the expensive and time-consuming Covid rule. Perhaps out of fear of missing their games due to asymptomatic positive tests, Canadian hockey teams are now crossing the land border, where testing is not required, and then taking domestic flights onward to their final destinations.

Countries with limited health infrastructure like Iceland, Fiji, and Laos have all ended pre-departure testing, so it is bizarre that the Biden administration has yet to do the same, given there is widespread community transmission in the U.S. and there is…