The Second Circuit has determined that the Department of State violated a U.S. citizen’s due process rights when it confiscated and revoked his Consular Report of Birth Abroad and would not issue him a temporary passport to return to the United States to attend an administrative hearing contesting the revocation. The court also expressed skepticism that the only proof of fraud DOS produced was a written “confession” entirely in English signed by a person who is illiterate in English.

The full text of Hadwan v. Department of State can be found here:

https://ww3.ca2.uscourts.gov/decisions/isysquery/65d213a2-d436-4be7-a7f0-e13649f58212/9/doc/22-1624_complete_opn.pdf

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