American Civil Liberties Union
ACLU Challenges State Department's Refusal to Issue Passports to U.S. Citizens
Published in Hospital Law Weekly, September 25th, 2008
Today nine American citizens sued the federal government, challenging the U.S. Department of State's refusal to issue them passports because of their race and ancestry and because their births were attended by midwives. The class action lawsuit, filed by the American Civil Liberties Union, the ACLU of Texas, the international law firm Hogan & Hartson LLP and Refugio del Rio Grande, Inc., builds upon a complaint filed earlier this year.
The lawsuit charges that the State Department categorically questions the citizenship of virtually all midwife-delivered Mexican-Americans born in southern border states. According to the lawsuit, the State Department has been forcing...
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Source: Hospital Law Weekly (2008-09-25)
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