r/MurderedByWords Jan 31 '25

#1 Murder of Week Your response is concerning, Bobby!

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u/HauntedJackInTheBox Jan 31 '25

Apparently trans people trying to renew their passports are being denied because of this, no matter the gender they request. Just denied a passport full stop. 

Never mind the people who are supposed to get ‘deported’ but only hold American citizenship – you can’t deport a person to a country they don’t have a citizenship for. They will be put in ‘detention centres’ indefinitely. 

If you don’t think there won’t be concentration camps inside the US you haven’t been paying attention. 

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u/CB1296 Jan 31 '25

Not just denied, but they’re having their documents (birth certificate, drivers license, previous passports) confiscated. Like if a trans person goes to get a new passport, they just keep ALL your documents and give you nothing back. Which is really concerning because that means a targeted population is being prevented from leaving the country

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u/DareDaDerrida Jan 31 '25

Source, please.

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u/Lolplzhelpmeomg Jan 31 '25

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u/DareDaDerrida Jan 31 '25

Fuck. That's concerning.

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u/Lolplzhelpmeomg Jan 31 '25

Yeah, I would say confiscated may not have been the best word choice by OP, but still concerning.

All your necessary documents being held indefinitely is scary.

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u/DareDaDerrida Jan 31 '25

Agreed, both that "confiscated" is imprecise language, and that the situation is still dang bad.