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> it shall be unlawful for any citizen of the United States to depart from or enter, or attempt to depart from or enter, the United States unless he bears a val
by diogocp 4mo ago
> it shall be unlawful for any citizen of the United States to depart from or enter, or attempt to depart from or enter, the United States unless he bears a valid United States passport.
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/8/1185#b https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/8/1185#b
- mindslight 4mo agoSo that seems like something that should be easily dealt with in a few minutes - request that they present their US passport, apprise them of the fine for entering without having obtained a US passport, and/or turn them away since their entry would be illegal. None of these require hours of questioning in a back room. I'm tired of this trend of people using a violation of the law, especially administrative style infractions, as a justification for arbitrary horribleness.