American parents who owe “significant child support” will have their passports revoked under new plans to implement an existing but little-used federal law.
The US State Department under President Donald Trump says it will use “common sense tools to support American families and strengthen compliance with US laws”.
Under the plans, parents with outstanding child support debt of more than $2,500 (£1,400) will have their passports revoked.
The state department says the revocations will take place on an “unprecedented scale”.
Anyone affected won’t be eligible for a new passport until the debt has been repaid.
Passport revocation over child support debt is allowed under a rarely implemented 1996 federal law.
Previously, it…