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US judge questions Trump's passport policy targeting transgender people

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Published in Politics and Government on Tuesday, March 25th 2025 at 14:41 GMT by Reuters
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A federal judge pushed President Donald Trump's administration on Tuesday to justify why it could lawfully refuse to issue passports to transgender and nonbinary Americans that reflect their gender identities.

The article discusses a lawsuit filed by the Immigration Reform Law Institute (IRLI) against the U.S. State Department's policy on gender markers for passports. U.S. District Judge James Sweeney in Virginia has questioned the policy that allows transgender individuals to change their gender on passports without proof of surgery, suggesting it might be arbitrary and capricious. The lawsuit argues that this policy conflicts with the State Department's own regulations which require a passport to reflect the sex assigned at birth unless a person has undergone gender reassignment surgery. The judge's skepticism stems from the apparent contradiction between the policy and the regulations, as well as the lack of clear reasoning provided by the State Department for the change in policy. The case has implications for how gender identity is recognized on official documents and could influence future policies regarding transgender rights and documentation.

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