This is the reality of the current effect of the Executive orders regarding passports for trans people in the US. Because of the way things are implemented they are getting stuck in a no-mans land where they cannot have any travel papers at all. If you know a place to share this please do.
Important note is that she was renewing her passport, and they refused to give her documents back.
This is, indeed, extremely important. I don’t know why I didn’t include it.