NYT - Carrying Several Passports? It's Not Just for Spies

From my archive of press clippings:

New York Times

Carrying Several Passports? It's Not Just for Spies

By MICHAEL T. LUONGO

Published: January 19, 2009

Alessandro Pappalardo, an artist in New York, holds passports from Italy and Argentina and, last year, added an American one. Previously an executive with Aerolíneas Argentinas, he said, “I used to go a lot to Brazil, and I would always decide what passport to show depending on what line was shorter.”

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Snippet(s):

"Dual passports are no longer the sole province of people who grew up in more than one country.

Millions of American citizens potentially qualify for various reasons — ethnic heritage, religion, country of birth or where their spouse was born."

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"While there are no hard numbers, more Americans seem to be trying to qualify for additional passports."