So I was scrolling TikTok and I’ve now seen two different people share that they tried to travel internationally and got stopped at two different foreign customs (Thailand and Italy) because the system said they had cancelled their passports.
Um. On a scale from 1 to Handmaid’s Tale. How worrying is this?
Like, it’s only two people. But a really specific thing to happen twice.
Both people seem fine physically and are free to post online. 1 got sent back to US and 1 got a temp passport card.
Dr. Amy, Psy.D. 🎃
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