citizens of Yemeni birth or ancestry are being treated as presumptively terrorists and subject to de facto travel restrictions, even if they haven’t individually been placed on any U.S. In a blatant case of discrimination on the basis of national origin, all U.S. citizen to visit Yemen, whether as a tourist or to visit friends or relatives. government appears to have decided that there is no legitimate reason for any U.S. Nagi is legally prohibited from leaving the USA without a passport. Nagi for any additional information or told him anything about why his application hasn’t been approved. The State Department has used the impossible-to-complete “long form” as a pretext to hold up processing of some disfavored passport applications, but hasn’t asked Mr. Nasgi and his lawyers have been told only that his passport application is still “pending”. Nagi, however, is still waiting for a new passport, sixteen months after he submitted his application. passport previously, and are applying for a renewal rather than a first-time passport - can pick up their new passport within a couple of days, even the same day if they have evidence of imminent planned international travel. citizen who applies in person at a Passport Office on an expedited basis - especially if they have been issued a U.S. He went in person to the State Department’s Passport Office in Detroit, and paid the $60 extra fee for “expedited” passport renewal service. passport.Īhmed Nagi was naturalized as a U.S. State Department today, asking a federal court in Michigan, where he lives, to order the State Department to issue him a U.S.
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