The State Department has revoked the passport of a registrant who was convicted in and resides in California. This is the first known passport revocation following passage of the International Megan’s Law (IML) in February 2016. According to a letter from that federal agency, the registrant’s passport was revoked because it did not include the “unique identifier” required by the IML.
The letter stated that the registrant’s passport “remains the property of the U.S. Government, and must be surrendered upon demand.” The letter also stated that the registrant must “immediately return” his passport to the federal government.
According to the letter, there is “no administrative appeal before the Department of State” regarding the revoked passport. The letter advised the registrant that he may apply for a new passport that will contain the following “unique identifier” — “The bearer was convicted of a sex offense against a minor, and is a covered sex offender pursuant to 22 United States Code Section 212b(c)(1).”
The registrant received notice that his passport had been revoked after returning to California from a trip to South America. He was allowed to enter South America and did not encounter problems upon his return to the United States.
The registrant, who does not travel overseas on a regular basis, has surrendered his passport. He has not yet determined, however, if he will apply for a new passport.
This is ridiculous! To think that Obama signed this piece of legislation is even more infuriating (as you’d think–with his efforts to reform criminal “justice”–that he’d be more reasonable in the laws that he signs).
Bastards that should be sued to hell. Luckily, that is where things are headed.
My passport expired last year. I sent in my old passport for renewal yesterday. I guess we’ll see what I get back.
Does anyone know what happens if you don’t ‘surrender’ the passport? What if it has been lost?
How the hell can this be happening in America?
IML is the thing that made me completely lose respect for Obama, and basically become cynical about the political system. Seeing some of Trumps mischief has made me second-guess whether my apathy might be counterproductive. But seeing IML now fulfill it’s tyrannical promise, I remember clearly how both parties rushed to embrace this particular brand of fascism.
The day Obama embraced hate was not a good day for America. The disease is now spreading with exclusionary policies affecting various groups of people. Share the wealth, I guess.
Where is the source of this article from?
I feel like vomiting. This makes me scared to renew my visa here now. I really don’t want to get deported and have to be torn from my wife back to the US because they revoked my passport without me even knowing.
There’s nothing “unique” about Chris Smith’s flawed ideological nonsense and using The Constitution for toilet paper. He’s NOT minimizing risk as these markings are not even potentially life-saving information. In fact, itclearly put the bearer in harms way along with subjugating them to all kinds of negative actions.
I’m sure this will be submitted as evidence in the upcoming law suit. This is outrageous!!!
This is insane!!! WTF happened to this once great country?? We have a POS POTUS. We have pandering, fear-mongering POS lawmakers advancing POS new laws (with centuries old punishments like public shaming and ostracizing.) Unbelievable! 😡
(I wonder how long it will be before we are required to wear some type of symbol pinned to our clothing to identify us everywhere and anywhere we go in public.)
Some important information to include in this would have been (1) the conviction causing his registration (2) his status on the public website (3) parole/probation status (4)time since last conviction causing registration requirements.
Please. Inquiring minds would like to know.
I say don’t travel overseas at all because of the insanity of the IML, the hassles with authorities and the passport thing which is going to put us all in grave danger. There should also be an investigation to any pattern of contradiction to Chris Smith’s claim of the IML that is working well with these advance notifications of traveling registrants and that registrants that are traveling with this new passport will still be able to travel freely and unmolested.
People keep asking things like “How could this happen in America?” or “What’s happened to our once great country?”.
America has never been great. Just take a cursory look at our history.
The “SEX offender” witch hunt is very consistent with how U.S. citizens act. It wasn’t that long ago that people were so outraged that “coloreds” would have the audacity to think that they could share the same water fountains as the “good” people. Our history is full and complete with stupid, awful, immoral acts. This witch hunt is just the latest.
Obama supported it. But Trump is another level of stupidity and hate. His election confirmed for me what people in this country are about, at least more than half of them (don’t jump to unsupported conclusions, I’m not talking about the voting).
“The registrant received notice that his passport had been revoked after returning to California from a trip to South America. He was allowed to enter South America and did not encounter problems upon his return to the United States.”
I think she meant to say that he only encountered problems until he returned to the United States.
I’m wondering which South American Country he was allowed to go to?
I’m also wondering if he received the Letter at the Port of Entry, or was this something he received in the mail at his home?
If he did get the Notice to Surrender his Passport at the Port of Entry, then why not just “take and keep” his Passport right then and there? Furthermore if this was the case, then any RSO who is currently out of the Country should expect the same treatment upon their passage through whichever Port of Entry they come thru.
In my eyes, Chris Smith is a terrorist.
A terrorist uses fear for political objectives. Mr. Smith uses fear (of an imagined and exaggerated threat) to further his political ambitions, suppressing the rights of free Americans.
it’s time we ramp up our own war on terrorism. Let the lawsuits and challenges fly.
What if someone who was a level one in NY was taken off the registry 2 years ago and does not have to register anymore. Will they still have their passport revoked?
Do we have to pay for these new passports if the old ones are revoked?
Anyone convicted of crimes related to “sex tourism” has their passport revoked, so who are they punishing with the IML? Nobody who’s ever committed a sex crime abroad.
Are medical doctors forced to return their degrees if a dentist commits a crime? Do bus drivers have to have their licenses stamped because an uber driver got a DUI?
not punishment? yeah, right
Well, looks like I’ll be trying to apply for that Real ID sooner than later before they revoke my passport.
I hope one day they’ll have to answer one way or another for all these blood votes they’re buying.
Question, what if you are outside the country and the notice was send and you obviously do not get to read the notice. When you return, will the US immigration take the passport back right there then? Is the passport still working, meaning overseas airline will let the registrant fly still to come back to the states? I have a trip coming up.
BS, there is in fact an appeal available. It’s called judicial review.
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Hi Group,
Slightly concerned here. I was arrested for sex assault and of course the criminal history shows sex ass. of child, I was in Texas moved to another state and the registration has stopped have been officially off since 2006. Texas placed me back on in 2013. I wonder where they will send the letter to. My DL is a different address than where I actually live. But when I filled out my renewal of passport it was 2014 I have 6 more years. But the address where I actually live is the address put on passport renewal application.
I have a letter in the state I live in now saying the registration has stopped.
Hi .. see my answers below:
Was your offense committed in Texas? – YES
Were you ever relieved from an obligation to register in Texas? NO – There is no legal way of doing this in Texas for my offense
Were you sent any official notice of the relisting and/or reason for it? – No – I randomly googled my name and saw a homefacts page with my info on it. This alerted me to check the registry and see my name there
Does the Texas listing show your current out-of-state address, your former Texas address, or is the address omitted? – It just states – “OUT OF STATE” . They do not know my address where I live now nor do they know I legally changed by name.
On another note, are you aware that Texas has made it possible for registrants with certain types of offenses to be removed from the registry if they meet all the qualifications? YES, I hired a lawyer and he confirmed for my charge, de registration is not applicable.