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[In an attempt to disenfranchise voters] US will start revoking passports for thousands of parents who owe child support, AP learns (apnews.com)
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The revocation program, plans for which were first reported by the AP in February, soon will be greatly expanded to cover parents who owe more than $2,500 in unpaid child support — the threshold set by a little-enforced 1996 law, the State Department said.

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[–] 0 points 6 months ago (2 children)

They have been doing that here for decades. It is certainly not a "little -enforced" law.

It's to keep deadbeat parents from disappearing to another country and makes sense.

What doesn't make sense is that they will also revoke the drivers license. Which then makes it even less likely the parent will be able to make the child support.

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  • [–] [S] 2 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    The article states that this is currently done for people with $100,000 worth of payments, however they plan to make it so identification which might be required for voting according to PRESERVING AND PROTECTING THE INTEGRITY OF AMERICAN ELECTIONS executive order will also be taken away if payments totaling $2,500 are missed.

    I imagine that it is possible to have a clerical error and miss a single payment and have one's idenfication stolen by the regime.

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  • [–] 2 points 6 months ago

    Here, when my ex got 2 months behind, the FLSDU sent me a letter saying they contacted the state department (of the US) to let them know he (the ex) was not allowed to travel out of the country. So I guess that is different from revoking a passport (he didn't and doesn't have one). That would have been like $600 in arrears. I don't think deadbeat parents should be able to leave the country,

    The drivers license thing I still think worse and so counterproductive, like WTF. I would never want him to lose that even if deadbeat, too many jobs here require a car.

    Not voting SUCKS and voting is a civil right that needs to be protected, you cannot be forced to use a passport as ID when fewer than half of the adults in the US have a passport, that is crazy, it won't stand.

    Being unable to get a job so you get even further in arrears and can't support yourself either, is worse.

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