stormbringer on Nostr: the logistics of giving everyone a passport "for free" is nuts. First of all, ...

the logistics of giving everyone a passport "for free" is nuts. First of all, passports are handled centrally, at the federal level. Everyone who wants one now has to go through a lengthy process that is significantly more involved than even the Real ID at the local level. To issue one to 350 million Americans would probably take a decade or more. We'd need to vet and clear 30,000 new American citizens to serve at the state department alone.