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How is it that the Indian tribes can issue passports and tribal members can travel internationally using said passports?

Foreign countries can accept a cereal boxtop as a passport, if their laws allow. However the U.S. government does not recognize Indian-issued passports as legal.

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Foreign countries can accept a cereal boxtop as a passport, if their laws allow. However the U.S. government does not recognize Indian-issued passports as legal.

Then you mean that do have international status?

If they are not recognized by the U.S. government, however are they entering and exiting the U.S.?