Target of legislation is sex-traffickers; critics call it a ‘scarlet letter.’
Legislation requiring the State Department to identify registered sex offenders with a special mark on their passports received final passage in the House of Representatives on Monday night and went to President Obama’s desk. The White House has not indicated whether President Obama plans to sign the bill. Full Article
Thank you State Department now tell the president.
“In a rebuttal printed as an appendix in the report, the State Department noted THAT THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE ANYONE ON THAT LIST HAD TRAVELED IN ORDER TO COMMIT A SEX CRIME, and that it already has the authority to deny passports to people convicted of sex tourism involving minors and those whose probation or parole terms forbid them from traveling.”
Thank you to the Marshall project for your honesty and in laying out the facts.