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But when Alvarado and his parents got to the ticket counter, they were turned away because Mexico requires proof of U.S. citizenship with a passport, a birth certificate or certified copy of it, or a naturalization document.

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  • Avg rating: (+19/-0 19)jordan11
    jordan11
    June 13, 2007, 11:35 a.m.

    The only thing about this that doesn't make sense, is the birth certificate. The story says the boy's birth certificate is held up with processing his passport, so the boy didn't have it to show in lieu of a passport. Who gives an original birth cert. to anyone? His parents didn't send a 'copy' with the application? Or did they get a copy and not make a copy for their records, sending the only copy with the application? Either way, their irresponsibility is to blame, not the State Dept.

    • Avg rating: (+9/-2 7)EsaEngr
      EsaEngr
      June 14, 2007, 8:35 a.m.

      This is another example where the Gov't fails to have in place the necessary people/equiptment to properly get a job done. How could any thinking person, who is about to add a passport requirement to re-enter the U.S., not stop and say "Hey... we really need more people to deal with this"?

      To comment directly on this story, anyone that is travelling to any foreign country should KNOW that they will have some sort of entry requierments and should have the basic intelligence to find out what they are!

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