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Has anyone been asked not to attend their church due to their conviction? My LO is a devoted catholic. His conviction is 18 years old but he is on lifetime supervision. He’s been volunteering at church. Seating people and handling collections. The church asked him (and other volunteers) to do a background check which includes fingerprinting. Of course with fingerprinting his status will be found. He’s a Tier 1, one count CP (federal). He loves volunteering but is afraid how confidential it will be kept and if they can ask him not to attend the church? I doubt it’s treated on a case-by-case basis. He has a strong bond with some of the guys he’s met while volunteering. The one guy heading things up is an ex police officer. My LO is afraid he’ll be treated differently if they know. Sadly I think he doesn’t do the background check and just doesn’t volunteer anymore?
Well people, Holiday season is officially here. Amazon’s ‘Black Friday made sure of that!
This will likely be my last as a PFR, so I finally have something to truly be thankful for.
While a new year for many of us doesn’t hold the same weight as others free to travel to family and loved ones ( those two are often different in our world ), I hope everyone that is a part of the ACSOL family finds some peace in their life.
Treat yourselves to a nice mug of coffee, or go to a quiet spot and sit, knowing others are thinking of and fighting for you. 💪🏽🙏🏽💯🫵🏼🤙🏼
The next four years are going to be the most difficult ones of my life so far. We’re going to have a president who is completely hostile to civil liberties, for anybody, and especially us. We are going to be targeted now more than ever so we had better be prepared. Brace yourselves, winter is coming.
Can someone please take the time to make me understand?
I’m sitting here trying to figure out just how something that was considered legal activity at the time of the offense, at the time of sentencing, AND at the satisfaction of the sentence, but which became defined as a felony years later for that offense, isn’t retroactive punishment…
SORA did not exist until years after the sentence for a sex offense was satisfied and discharged.
It was legal activity not to register for that offense.
Now it is an E and a D felony not to register for that offense.
Is this not the very definition of retroactive punishment?
Please, what am I missing here?
Why is registration date your birthday? Why not the conviction date?
It’s December again and time for me to register. My birthday is Christmas Day. Happy Birthday and Merry Christmas to me.
Completely ruins the holidays for me. The registration office only does it Tuesdays and Thursdays which limits my options. I also have to find a spot and negotiate with others at work trying to get days off this time of year.
Cruel and unusual I’d say.
Happy Holidays everyone. Is there an update on the lawsuit that ACSOL did regarding the passports having a stamp about International Megals Law?
Wonder why Texas doesn’t have a ACLU to fight against these SO laws?
Has anyone else heard about the latest pre-filed bill in Missouri? I heard about it via an email from Vicki Henry of the Missouri Alliance for Family Restoration.
It is SB 134 https://www.senate.mo.gov/25info/BTS_Web/Bill.aspx?SessionType=R&BillID=211
In it the sponsor of the bill is trying to increase many offenses from Tier 1 to Tier 3 and to require all Tier 3 registrants:
Given that, thanks to the wonderful screw-ups in the California Tiered Registry, I am at Tier 3 for an actual single Misdemeanor, this scares the crap out of me!!! Are they going to try to retroactively force all Tier 3 registrants to wear electronic monitoring even if it has been decades since the registering offense??? It’s just lunacy after more lunacy in this damn state!!!
This has to be monitored and stopped.
Hi everyone,
I don’t know the number of people who are in the same situation as I am. Back in 2017 I got married and my wife was originally from Rwanda and had been in the U.S. since 2010. In 2018 we filed an I-130 Petition for alien relative. I did not know at the time that I could be denied due to having a CSC.
Here is what the Federal Statue says: On July 27, 2006, the President signed the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006, (Adam Walsh Act), Pub. L. 109-248. Title IV of the Adam Walsh Act, “Immigration Law Reforms to Prevent [derogatory label] from Abusing Children” contains two provisions that amend the Immigration and Nationality Act (Act). This memorandum provides guidance to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) field offices regarding the amendments made by the Adam Walsh Act to sections 204(a)(1)(A)(i), 204(a)(1)(B)(i), 101(a)(15)(K), and 237(a)(2)(A) of the Act. 2. Background Section 402(a) of the Adam Walsh Act amends sections 204(a)(1)(A)(i) and 204(a)(1)(B)(i) of the Act to prohibit U.S. citizens and lawful permanent residents who have been convicted of any “specified offense against a minor” from filing a family-based immigrant petition on behalf of any beneficiary, unless the Secretary of Homeland Security (Secretary) determines, in his sole and unreviewable discretion, that the petitioner poses no risk to the beneficiary. Section 402(b) of the Adam Walsh Act amends section 101(a)(15)(K) of the Act to bar U.S. citizens convicted of these offenses from filing nonimmigrant visa petitions to classify their fiancé(e)s, spouses, or minor children as eligible for “K” nonimmigrant status, unless the Guidance for Adjudication of Family-Based Petitions and I-129F Petition for Alien Fiancé(e) Under the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006 HQDOMO 70/1-P Page 2 Secretary determines, in his sole and unreviewable discretion, that the petitioner poses no risk to the beneficiary. A petitioner who has been convicted of a specified offense against a minor is not simply prohibited from filing on behalf of a minor child. The petitioner is prohibited from filing on behalf of “any” family-based beneficiary under sections 204(a)(1)(A)(i) and 204(a)(1)(B)(i) of the Act or in accordance with section 101(a)(15)(K) of the Act. “Any beneficiary” includes a spouse, a fiancé(e), a parent, an unmarried child, an unmarried son or daughter over 21 years of age, an orphan, a married son or daughter, a brother or sister, and any derivative beneficiary permitted to apply for an immigrant visa on the basis of his or her relationship to the principal beneficiary of a family-based petition.
I need help with filing a Civil Suit Against DHS and USCIS for Civil Rights violations. Also, what happened was that the Administrative Appeals Office handled all Adam Walsh Wavier appeals. In 2018 USCIS removed the AAO as a means to appeal a denial. The only option now is filing an I-290B motion for reconsideration which goes back to the same person who denied the I-130. The Federal Courts refuse to hear cases. The only option is to get rid of the statute.
Update on IL legislation to ease residency restrictions: Chicago400 met today to prepare for a bill that will be reintroduced this spring to: shrink housing banishment zones from 500 feet to 250 feet, take in-home pop-up day cares off the banishment list, end weekly registration for homeless registrants (many of whom are homeless due to the banishment zones).
We will be meeting at least monthly going forward (first Saturday) and as next steps we are developing district teams that will be prepped to meet with senators. If successful, this would have a huge impact on PFRs, especially those in most dire need for relief from banishment zones and weekly registration – it is literally a CPD revolving door for these people leading to FTRs.
Please, if you are in IL, contact Chicago400 or me at athena.r8199@gmail.com to get involved. We need everyone in every district to let their senators and representatives know we need this legislation. Whether you are a PFR, a loved one, or just a plain old common sense, intelligent citizen, please help.
Cool. Will he next push to clear those entrapped by fake Internet sex stings?? 🤔🤷🏻♂️
Florida prosecutor seeks to clear records of people charged with buying police-made crack in 1980s
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Let’s see, Worcester, Mass LEOs allegedly engage in conduct (acc to a USDOJ investigative report) that violates the public’s trust of those who are in positions of trust by actually using sex as a “tool” while conducting alleged actual LEO investigations. Uh huh…coercive tactics are not approved tools by those in positions of trust. Look it up if you want to read more. Will they end up like those they arrest, charge, and possibly convict with a membership in the end?
Why do we continue to be assigned, identified and judged as a GROUP instead of individual(s) by the media and law enforcement?
My take is it’s done to create a sense of “urgency” to fight some nonexistent war or “threat” we pose against society and children? The arbitrary pretense. of referring to someone with a prior sex offense as a “SO” is also done intentionally to stoke fear and immediacy. Isn’t that the same as shouting “fire in a crowded theater” without the underlying sub-text? No, it’s done in an attempt to form snap judgments and stoke outrage.
Imagine if the media referred to people of color as “Negroes” instead of individuals. That would be deliberate racism on their part, right? Well, the same can be said about the registry by them continually referring to us a group. The registry and the label imposed is a form of racism
Cops don’t like to be judged as a group, but as individuals, yet the media supports them with unwavering “back the blue” and “one bad apple” platitudes. We’ve seen it countless times while we shake our heads at the hypocrisy. The biggest one is “ACAB” which vilifies the actions of one and portrays the entire group as the same. They cry foul while we’re not allowed to.
New York police warn US healthcare executives about online ‘hitlist’
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/dec/11/new-york-police-us-healthcare-hit-list
I guess it only matter when the “upper crust” is endangered.
Yet it’s perfectly fine for us to be on one, right? Except we don’t have disposable resources for security details and counter-threat measures for would-be vigilantes.
Some background first. When I got out over 17 years ago, they listed me as a tier 3 and I have also registered as such. Fast forward a year ago and I spoke to a lawyer who looked at me conviction and said I was registered wrong. I then spoke to the registry office who looked and also said I was registered wrong. They then submitted a request to have me reclassified and then put me on registering once a year. I received a call the other day and I was told I need to come in and sign some paperwork because they have finally classified me but I wont know until I go in. However the officer said considering I registered a few months ago, I wouldn’t have to register again until the same time next year. That being said, they originally had me listed as a tier 3 and a svp which as everyone knows is registration every three months. Considering they said I would only have to once a year from now on, anyone have a guess what tier I most likely am? I am currently in Indiana.
Now that I’m off the register what about that San Bernardino probation transfer hearing back in 2012 that I showed up to and they took me into custody for 5 days the court wasn’t paying attention and when they brought me back up the judge convicted me of my riverside county charges I was already on probation for. Also I didn’t even have a public defender at the time.
I live with that conviction on my record for 14 years even after I got the the original convictions, reduced to a misdemeanor and dismissed. My lawyer in Los Angeles said we should wait till I’m officially off the registry before addressing this issue, because the district attorney at the time is now a big-time judge out there and she showed me pictures of him and Gavin Newsom.
We believe they violating my civil rights and the fifth amendment.
Im just waiting on my letter from the DOJ that says I’m officially off and then ima file it I want $450.000.
I have questions similar to some indicated here. With California’s clear mistake concerning the tiered system with 288(a) tier 2 (younger victims)vs. 288(c) tier 3. Is there any concern by the state of California that there could be costly civil cases from those who have been placed clearly in the wrong tier for years now? If there were grounds, or attorney’s postured to file perhaps they would be in more of a hurry to fix the issue. Any thoughts?
Count down. Today is officially 4 months until I can file my removal petition.
Biden granted clemency to a Chinese national in Prison for possessing child porn.
Of course this was done as a prisoner swap, but Republicans have seized on it. This isn’t good for us on the registry.
ANYTHING Biden or the Dems do is sure to create attention and backlash. This is a very dark time for all of us.
A 17 yr old was arrested in Simi Valley for CP possession and distribution. He face other related charges as well. Will be interesting to see how this plays out. Simi Valley is a conservative strong hold.
Do not count on the nominated DOJ civil rights leader to fight on our behalf – she believes in suppression of civil rights as she supported suppression of votes.
The “Doge” twins are suggesting that VA , SS and housing benefits be cut. If that happens, many of us will be left with next to nothing to survive on. I have stocks, but many are counting on those benefits. Makes you think about paying a visit to one of them, doesn’t it…..
For those of us frustrated at the ACLU turning a blind eye toward the public registry and its associated restrictions, letting states stomp on the the civil rights of over 800,000 people, you can call or write. They apparently won’t share an email address, but a well articulated letter and call is a good idea. I know a couple affiliates have stepped into the arena, most notably Michigan, but the deafening silence at the National level and all the other affiliates is sad and hypocritical.
Write to us125 Broad Street, 18th Floor, New York, NY 10004
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I was part of the infamous NBC sting operation. Convicted of 664/288(a).
Recently, I Google’d myself (I do from time to time) and found out that I am now a part of Fandom.com. Someone has taken upon themselves to deep dive my personal info and post it. It appears they’ve obtained elements of my chat info (probably from Perverted Justice) as well as my resume (?). It’s all there, not totally factual, but still there.
Received an expungement/sealed record and am on the registry till 2026 or 2028, depending on who you ask.
Does anyone have any thoughts on this? Can any legal action be taken?
Question for those in Orange County. Do they do compliance checks by phone now? Received a call from an invesgtigator today, asking if such and such address is still the correct address and to call a number to verify that it is. Are they going away with in person compliance checks? I googled the number, and it was legit.