# Can an American citizen have his/her travel privileges reviewed? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [March 7, 2017, 10:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-an-american-citizen-have-his-her-travel-privileges-reviewed/781610 "2017-03-07T10:39:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2017, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-an-american-citizen-have-his-her-travel-privileges-reviewed/781610/21 "2017-03-07T19:35:53Z")
> [@Duckster](#): > > Can a US citizen be denied re-entry back into the US (assuming they hold a valid passport)? They cannot be denied entry in to the US assuming they can prove who they are and their citizenship - regardless of their passport status. But obviously having a valid passport makes that easier. There are some cases with dual citizenship that can cause you to be turned away, but in general, you have a right of entry as a US citizen. That doesn’t mean you can’t be searched, detained, or arrested, but you have the right of entry. ---
**Author:** ![Gary\_T](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Gary\_T](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_T)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2017, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-an-american-citizen-have-his-her-travel-privileges-reviewed/781610/22 "2017-03-07T19:41:44Z")
“Travel privileges” doesn’t necessarily relate to being allowed to travel. I suspect it’s something like [Global Entry status](https://www.cbp.gov/travel/trusted-traveler-programs/global-entry), which apparently is being [rescinded from various U.S. citizens who are Muslim](https://skift.com/2017/02/18/muslim-american-travelers-are-quietly-having-global-entry-privileges-revoked/). ---
**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2017, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-an-american-citizen-have-his-her-travel-privileges-reviewed/781610/23 "2017-03-07T21:02:04Z")
> [@Gary\_T](#): > > “Travel privileges” doesn’t necessarily relate to being allowed to travel. I suspect it’s something like [Global Entry status](https://www.cbp.gov/travel/trusted-traveler-programs/global-entry), which apparently is being [rescinded from various U.S. citizens who are Muslim](https://skift.com/2017/02/18/muslim-american-travelers-are-quietly-having-global-entry-privileges-revoked/). If that be the case as stated, the courts are going to have a field day with it. ---
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2017, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-an-american-citizen-have-his-her-travel-privileges-reviewed/781610/24 "2017-03-07T21:29:55Z")
> [@Gary\_T](#): > > “Travel privileges” doesn’t necessarily relate to being allowed to travel. I suspect it’s something like [Global Entry status](https://www.cbp.gov/travel/trusted-traveler-programs/global-entry), which apparently is being [rescinded from various U.S. citizens who are Muslim](https://skift.com/2017/02/18/muslim-american-travelers-are-quietly-having-global-entry-privileges-revoked/). From your cite: > [@](#): > > UPDATE: CBP has responded to these allegations with a flat denial of any widespread effort to strip Muslim travelers of Global Entry status. It also states that all travelers whose status was affected by the recent travel ban executive order have had their status reinstated. The full statement from a CBP spokesperson is below: > > “The allegations that U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) cancelled Trusted Traveler memberships because the member had a “Muslim-sounding name” or is Muslim are completely false. > > The Executive Order did not provide an exemption for Trusted Travelers so impacted travelers with a Trusted Traveler membership had that membership suspended. On February 1, 2017, the White House issued guidance stating that lawful permanent residents (LPR) were not subject to the Executive Order entitled “Protecting the Nation from Foreign Terrorist Entry into the United States.” After the guidance was issued, CBP worked to reinstate LPR Trusted Traveler members who were no longer subject to the Executive Order. Those members were fully reinstated as of February 2, 2017. Some members of NEXUS and FAST were still subject to the Executive Order and as such, their memberships remained suspended until the judge’s ruling that was issued on Friday, February 3, 2017. Following that ruling, DHS suspended any and all actions implementing the affected sections of the Executive Order. CBP worked to reinstate members whose memberships were suspended. All Trusted Traveler memberships affected by the Executive Order have since been reinstated. > > To determine, at the time, which members were subject to the Executive Order, CBP reviewed each account individually.” ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2017, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-an-american-citizen-have-his-her-travel-privileges-reviewed/781610/25 "2017-03-08T17:53:53Z")
My immediate reaction to the organizers’ statement was that Canada had informed Mr. Khan that he would not be permitted to enter the country, rather than that the US had told him he couldn’t leave. ---
**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2017, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-an-american-citizen-have-his-her-travel-privileges-reviewed/781610/26 "2017-03-08T18:21:29Z")
Why would Canada refuse him? I don’t think it’s that he _can’t_ leave, but that he hears he _might_ experience _issues_ on returning. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2017, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-an-american-citizen-have-his-her-travel-privileges-reviewed/781610/27 "2017-03-08T19:43:59Z")
It’s not Canada that is reviewing Mr. Khan’s travel privileges. [From the Washington Post, via Canada’s National Post:](http://news.nationalpost.com/news/world/khizr-khans-reason-for-cancelling-his-scheduled-speech-in-toronto-is-beginning-to-unravel) > [@](#): > > The Canadian foreign ministry also denied issuing any review of Khan’s ability to travel there. > > “We are unaware of any restrictions regarding this traveler,” said Camielle Edwards, spokeswoman for Canada’s Immigration Minister Ahmed Hussen. ---
**Author:** ![icon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c6cbf5/32.png) [@icon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/icon)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2017, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-an-american-citizen-have-his-her-travel-privileges-reviewed/781610/28 "2017-03-08T21:04:38Z")
Although it is probably not the case here, it is now possible to have your US passport revoked if you have unpaid taxes: From [Forbes](https://www.forbes.com/sites/kellyphillipserb/2017/01/26/if-you-owe-taxes-to-irs-you-could-lose-your-passport-and-your-right-to-fly/) among others //i\ ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2017, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-an-american-citizen-have-his-her-travel-privileges-reviewed/781610/29 "2017-03-09T00:11:46Z")
> [@elbows](#): > > Why would Canada refuse him? > > I don’t think it’s that he _can’t_ leave, but that he hears he _might_ experience _issues_ on returning. Who did he hear it from? An anonymous tipster? A government official? Written notice? A little bird? It sounded like bullshit when I first heard it and the fact that he refuses to clarify makes me believe it is bullshit. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-an-american-citizen-have-his-her-travel-privileges-reviewed/781610.md?page=1)