Jason Posted August 29, 2018 Share Posted August 29, 2018 Quote As he would later learn, Juan is one of a growing number of people whose official birth records show they were born in the United States but who are now being denied passports — their citizenship suddenly thrown into question. The Trump administration is accusing hundreds, and possibly thousands, of Hispanics along the border of using fraudulent birth certificates since they were babies, and it is undertaking a widespread crackdown on their citizenship. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/the_americas/us-is-denying-passports-to-americans-along-the-border-throwing-their-citizenship-into-question/2018/08/29/1d630e84-a0da-11e8-a3dd-2a1991f075d5_story.html?utm_source=reddit.com&utm_term=.62455d659631 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted August 29, 2018 Share Posted August 29, 2018 Diez represents dozens of U.S. citizens who were denied their passports or had their passports suddenly revoked. Among them are soldiers and Border Patrol agents. Oh, the irony! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skillzdadirecta Posted August 29, 2018 Share Posted August 29, 2018 I just got this alert on my phone. This Administration... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted August 29, 2018 Author Share Posted August 29, 2018 9 minutes ago, SFLUFAN said: Diez represents dozens of U.S. citizens who were denied their passports or had their passports suddenly revoked. Among them are soldiers and Border Patrol agents. Oh, the irony! Maybe they don't speak perfect English. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
finaljedi Posted August 29, 2018 Share Posted August 29, 2018 Quote For a while, we had attorneys asking the same question: ‘Do you remember when you were born?’ ” Diez said. “I had to promise my clients that it wasn’t a trick question.” Why is government such a joke? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.Vic20 Posted August 29, 2018 Share Posted August 29, 2018 The bad people are North of the Mexican border. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwinIon Posted August 29, 2018 Share Posted August 29, 2018 Quote “Individuals who are unable to demonstrate that they were born in the United States are denied issuance of a passport,” the statement said. When Juan, the former soldier, received a letter from the State Department telling him it wasn’t convinced that he was a U.S. citizen, it requested a range of obscure documents — evidence of his mother’s prenatal care, his baptismal certificate, rental agreements from when he was a baby. I doubt I'd be able to come up with documents like that. If you've had a passport and a birth certificate, I can't imagine thinking you'd need anything else to prove citizenship. Citizenship now relies on your mother being a packrat for 30 year old expenditures? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b_m_b_m_b_m Posted August 29, 2018 Share Posted August 29, 2018 Yeah they are doing this on purpose. "Do you remember when you were born?" "No, beca..." "No further questions, they're clearly an illegal" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b_m_b_m_b_m Posted August 29, 2018 Share Posted August 29, 2018 Just now, TwinIon said: I doubt I'd be able to come up with documents like that. If you've had a passport and a birth certificate, I can't imagine thinking you'd need anything else to prove citizenship. Citizenship now relies on your mother being a packrat for 30 year old expenditures? I don't even have my daughter on our rental lease, and I'm renting through a large corporation, not Joe's house down the street. Not to mention things get lost over that time period, fires, divorces, things stolen, etc. Just fuck everything about these racist pieces of shit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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b_m_b_m_b_m Posted August 30, 2018 Share Posted August 30, 2018 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Comet Posted August 30, 2018 Share Posted August 30, 2018 Damn I’ll have to see what happens next time I cross. Granted I was naturalized rather than born with citizenship. Good thing I work for an immigration law firm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodimus Posted August 30, 2018 Share Posted August 30, 2018 They say they are picking people up in Texas. I better not leave Austin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
finaljedi Posted August 30, 2018 Share Posted August 30, 2018 1 hour ago, Rodimus said: They say they are picking people up in Texas. I better not leave Austin. I don't think there are many people who could provide the sort of documentation they're looking for Quote When Juan, the former soldier, received a letter from the State Department telling him it wasn’t convinced that he was a U.S. citizen, it requested a range of obscure documents — evidence of his mother’s prenatal care, his baptismal certificate, rental agreements from when he was a baby. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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