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They didn’t. I know of several people with an extremely common name (Basically Muslim equivalent of “John Smith”) who were unable to fly or cross borders, even
by oa335 5y ago
They didn’t. I know of several people with an extremely common name (Basically Muslim equivalent of “John Smith”) who were unable to fly or cross borders, even with the “Redress numbers” that they are supposed to give out in case of mistaken identity.
- jessaustin 5y agoThis reminds me of "interstate crosscheck", in which a "Tyrone E. Brown" voting in Pennsylvania was enough to kick a "Tyrone M. Brown" off the voting rolls in Kansas. https://www.gregpalast.com/interstate-crosscheck-on-the-verge-of-collapse/ https://www.gregpalast.com/interstate-crosscheck-on-the-verg...