Originally Posted by
chollie
Actually, as I understand it, the law currently prohibits one from getting a passport if one is >$2500 in arrears on child support.
I'm not going to debate the merits or rationale of that law, but I don't think it's too much of a stretch to believe that if exit controls are implemented, an individual who currently has a passport and is known to be in arrears on child support will not be allowed to exit.
I'm not talking about what is currently in place and rarely, if ever, enforced. I am talking about potential mission creep and expansion by a parent organization not known for transparency and not open to appeals or generally concerned about accuracy of data.
This has nothing to do with the men and women in the 'lower' ranks who would have to enforce such practices; it has everything to do with policy makers and people at the top who have allowed abuses and creep to take place within current parallel systems.
OK. but talk about mission creep and expansion. We went from Immigration exit controls to unpaid child support.
Immigration exit controls have been on the books for literally decades and are no closer to being implemented now then they were when they were added to the INA. Even so, the do not depart sections are clearly delineated with procedures for representation and appeal. I would chose to not waste energy on what hypothetically could happen but hasn't for decades and focus on what is happening right now.
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