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: