morning is that they say there's a surge. this is happening more and more frequent under president trump. cnn has been unable to independently verify that. the state department has not provided "the washington post" or c thnn with specific raw numbers. this is what they are saying about the practice. this policy has not changed. the policy or practice regard g iregarding the adjudication of passport applications. this is what they are saying. it's impossible to distinguish between legitimate and illegitimate birth certificates for those born in midwives between 1950s and 1990s. their claim is that physicians have provided illegitimate birth certificates to babies born in mexico. according to the paper, this is nearly impossible but the denials are happening. it's worth noting at a time when president trump is lobbying for stricter voter i.d. laws,