Right to travel
To have a passport is privilege. I tend to think not.
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February 23rd, 2012 at 11:33 am
Just to note that Mr. Priest (the source of the “privilege” quote) was NOT the A-hole who turned the family away – he apparently runs a company in Denver that helps people obtain passports and visas and got quoted for the article.
I’d like to hear a name and see a face of the twit who actually refused to allow the child to pass.
February 23rd, 2012 at 12:06 pm
“Papers Please, Herr Schmidt.”
February 23rd, 2012 at 12:44 pm
It looks like it was an airline employee that turned them away. The airlines are always going to be cautious with such things. In most cases if they take you to some other country and you’re denied entry, such as a sketchy passport, they’re not only on the hook to bring you back to the US immediately, but they can also be subject to significant fines.
February 23rd, 2012 at 1:19 pm
What exactly is in belize is the airport trying to protect???
February 23rd, 2012 at 6:09 pm
It’s gone to the U.S. Supreme Court which held that it is a privilege/courtesy/indulgence — our government, through the Department of State, asking another nation to extend its courtesy and protection to one of our citizens. The Constitution protects interstate travel, not foreign travel. Various compacts and treaties eliminate the passport or visa requirement between the signatories but in the absence of such you need Hillary Clinton to like you.
February 23rd, 2012 at 7:26 pm
This is an airline fail, not a state department fail.
The airline freaked because the RFID chip in the passport was damaged, and refused to fly the man.
February 23rd, 2012 at 10:22 pm
That brings up an old sore spot. Comparing notes with a Brit motor cycling acquaintance, we compared:
“The Secretary of State of the United States of America hereby requests all whom it may concern to permit the citizen/national of the United States named herein to pass without delay or hindrance and in case of need to give all lawful aid and protection.
versus
“HER BRITANNIC MAJESTY hereby REQUESTS AND REQUIRES…”
This, of course, was back when they still had The Fleet, and all that. ‘Civis Romanus Sum.’