US State Department issues Thailand travel alert
By now, you’ve probably heard about the anti-government protests in Thailand which have closed Bangkok’s airports. Yesterday the US State Department issued a Travel Alert for US citizens traveling or residing in Thailand, asking every citizen there to register with the State Department, or contact the US Embassy in Bangkok directly.
State Department issues unusual Mexico travel alert
The State Department has issued a strongly-worded Travel Alert for US citizens traveling and living in Mexico. Bottom line: next time you go south of the border, you have to be street smart.
Delivered by a midwife in South Texas? No passport for you
For untold numbers of Latinos born in the Southwest who were delivered by midwives, obtaining a passport has become almost an impossibility, according to a class action suit filed by the ACLU on September 9th. The suit alleges the State Department is sending this group of passport applicants on a “scavenger hunt” and when presented with requested additional documentation, denying the applications anyway.
Mexico travel alert renewed
The State Department on Monday updated its travel alert for Mexico, which was issued in October 2007, to warn U.S. tourists of ongoing border violence.
Should passport info be tightly held?
You don’t have to be a candidate for the highest office in America to have your privacy breached. The practice of hiring private contractors to aid the passport application crunch may be putting sensitive information about Americans at risk.