I don't know of it happening in the US and to the best of my knowledge is most common to people from so called 3rd world nations.
One related exception was told to me by a Marine embassy guard from Kuwait. Woman shows up with no ID. Met Abdulla in the US. He was a wonderful guy, married him and went to Kuwait. Discovered she was not the only wife; he was a very different man in his own country. She wants the hell out, but he has her passport and all of her ID. This was not a single occurrence.
When I lived in Saudi Arabia my employer had my whole family's passports locked up. A had an iqama a work permit that had my wife and daughters' pictures in the back. If a Mutawa (religious policeman) challenged them being with me, I could show them that. My employer had to authorize us getting an exit/reentry or exit only visa to leave the country. I was a contractor to an American country so it was not as likely to be a problem as it could have been had I worked directly for a Saudi company.
If you don't have control of your passport, you are potentially a slave.
TY Sir Dave,
Vicious.
Does this happens in the U.S. too? Well, thinkin on it: I'm not sure that some illegals aren't in similar situation.
I don't know of it happening in the US and to the best of my knowledge is most common to people from so called 3rd world nations.
One related exception was told to me by a Marine embassy guard from Kuwait. Woman shows up with no ID. Met Abdulla in the US. He was a wonderful guy, married him and went to Kuwait. Discovered she was not the only wife; he was a very different man in his own country. She wants the hell out, but he has her passport and all of her ID. This was not a single occurrence.
When I lived in Saudi Arabia my employer had my whole family's passports locked up. A had an iqama a work permit that had my wife and daughters' pictures in the back. If a Mutawa (religious policeman) challenged them being with me, I could show them that. My employer had to authorize us getting an exit/reentry or exit only visa to leave the country. I was a contractor to an American country so it was not as likely to be a problem as it could have been had I worked directly for a Saudi company.
If you don't have control of your passport, you are potentially a slave.
TY. But man-oh, man-oh! (Makes me glad I don't HAVE a passport. ;-)