# US denying passports to Americans near southern border

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [August 30, 2018, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-denying-passports-to-americans-near-southern-border/820538 "2018-08-30T19:54:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![Two\_Many\_Cats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8dc957/32.png) [@Two\_Many\_Cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2018, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-denying-passports-to-americans-near-southern-border/820538/21 "2018-09-14T12:53:45Z")

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My parents were legal immigrants but they never became citizens. They’re both gone, but at this rate, I’m wondering if ICE will be knocking at my door in the future.

I’m hoping Indigenous Americans start making noise about grabby foreigners taking their jobs ‘n’ stuff.

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**Author:** ![Xema](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/9de053/32.png) [@Xema](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xema)\
**Post date:** [September 19, 2018, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-denying-passports-to-americans-near-southern-border/820538/22 "2018-09-19T14:08:57Z")

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HuffingtonPost is very critical of this story: [Bombshell Washington Post Story On Trump Passport Crackdown Withheld, Distorted Key Facts](https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/washington-post-trump-passport-crackdown_us_5b9ec246e4b046313fbc2bd1)

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> … the Post withheld key data, mischaracterized information and lobbed an allegation of fraud at a deceased doctor without speaking to his family members, who complained publicly, HuffPost has found. The piece has been substantially altered three times, including Thursday after multiple queries from HuffPost.
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> … the Post’s report remains misleading. It relies on anecdotal evidence to make an explosive claim that’s contradicted by official data ― and doesn’t make that fact clear. It implies that years-old practices are new. And the paper consistently refused to correct the record unless it was called out by other reporters.

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