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Mark Esqueda, an American citizen and military veteran born in Texas and raised in Minnesota, was twice denied a U.S. passport by the United States government after it questioned his citizenship. Greene Espel attorney Jenny Gassman-Pines and the American Civil Liberties Union of Minnesota represented Mr. Esqueda in a lawsuit to compel the United States to recognize his citizenship and afford him rights that should come readily and simply to all Americans like him, including the right to a U.S. passport. On July 12, 2019, the State Department acknowledged that Mr. Esqueda is a U.S. citizen, and he hopes to receive a U.S. passport in the next several weeks.

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