@inertia Won't let me reply any more so starting a new chain:
I don't see it in the same way - passports are a form of identification and a process of vetting people. If you have a suspicious history, your passport can be flagged. Immigrants are vetted as well, this article wasn't to raise issue with that process. I don't think there is an 'undocumentaphobia', just they aren't allowed to travel in the same ways because the government likes to keep track of people coming into and out of their borders.