The U.S. State Department will start revoking the passports of thousands of parents who have substantial unpaid child support debts. The department told Associated Press on Thursday that the passport revocations will begin Friday and will target individuals owing USD 100,000 or more in unpaid child support. Based on data provided by the Department of Health and Human Services, the move is expected to affect around 2,700 American passport holders.
Here’s what the US State Department said
The revocation programme, plans for which were first reported by the AP in February, soon will be greatly expanded to cover parents who owe more than USD 2,500 in unpaid child support – the threshold set by a little-enforced 1996 law, the State Department…