“Unique Identifier” revealed for Sex Offender Passports
The US Department of State issued a press release friday announcing the “unique identifier it will be using for the passports of covered sex offenders. it reads:
On February 8, 2016, Congress enacted the International Megan’s Law to Prevent Child Exploitation and Other Sexual Crimes Through Advanced Notification of Traveling Sex Offenders (IML) (Public Law 114-119).
The IML prohibits the Department of State from issuing a passport to a covered sex offender without a unique identifier, and it allows for the revocation of passports previously issued to these individuals that do not contain the identifier (22 USC 212b).
The identifier is a passport endorsement, currently printed inside the back cover of the passport book, which reads: “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)(l).” Since endorsements cannot be printed on passport cards, covered sex offenders cannot be issued passport cards.
Only the DHS/ICE Angel Watch Center (AWC) can certify an individual as a “covered sex offender.” Therefore, any questions by the applicant about such status must be directed to and resolved by AWC.
Applicants who have questions for AWC regarding their status or believe they have been wrongly identified as a covered sex offender as defined in Title 22 United States Code 212b(c)(1) should contact AWC at DHSintermeganslaw@ice.dhs.gov.
Just renewed mine and it has nothing in it. If they cancel it I won’t bother, especially if they want to get paid again. Hell they ought to refund the cost. It doesn’t matter who’s prez they are all just self serving scum who use other human beings for their own political capital.
I inderstand that but how is it fair that in four states its for life. I was from ny and done with the registration but since i went to florida im back on and for life!!! So just because I touched the state for three days i get this and the other 44 states have a chance to not have this.
Attorney Ron Kleiner is organizing a lawsuit to challenge this absurd rule.
over half of the 70K people on Florida’s registry are NOT in the community.
And how can they say the bearer is convicted if the bearer is in fact NOT convicted??
How is that even right??
My State (NC) states that the Registry is not intended to be “Punitiv”, but Because I indiscriminately Downloaded porn in which some pictures were deemed of an underaged nature, I wear the Scarlet Letter of Sexual Exploitation of a minor. 1. No real or physical contact ever. 2. No intent or desire to make contact. 3. After a lot of tests judgement served that I am so low a threat that I could continue to reside with my own biological children and with my current step son. Yet a passport would have printed a vague message that tells the world that I actually did something to a child.
It bothers me that it continues to pressure RSOs to have to admit to, and accept wording about them that has nothing to do with there actual crime.
Hey an illegal drug manufacturer / dealer who’s drugs affected or even caused damage to a child can be punished, do his time, released, and in time reintegrate back into society. But not and RSO. It needs to change with true education of the public and pressure for change / better definition within the legal system.
I wonder if this has anything to do with Notifications? Maybe its easier for them to just Brand your status and avoid the hassle and future legal challenges of Travel notices? I would think a argument/Action/Defense could be made that both are not needed and redundant! Just a thought…..
So this wonderful news I just renewed my passport and got a passport card to use instead of my drivers license in business transactions
Does this mean they will
Want me to return it ?
They will likely send you a letter informing you of its revocation and requesting you apply for a new passport.
And no doubt pay for a new one??
That wouldn’t surprise me either.
Money grab.
Why would you want to pay for a worthless document that you essentially can NOT travel with and brands you a child molester?
No thank you, they can keep it. I wonder how if that wall they are building is to keep illegals out or to keep us in…
This should be an outrage but of course it will get zero coverage and of that I am sure it will all be praise!
This is like being in NAZI Germany!
You can thank that champion of social justice Obama for signing this into law as one of the last things he managed to screw up prior to leaving his 8 year run of terror.
Thank you Mr. Obama
Yea, Obama has regularly referred to himself as “a constitutional law professor,” he did so most famously at a March 30, 2007, fundraiser when he said, “I was a constitutional law professor, which means unlike the current president I actually respect the Constitution.” …. Pffff !!!. Years later, he signs this unconstitutional crap into law.
Do you really think Trump or any other president wouldn’t have signed this bill?
Thank your congressman
No I could expect Obama to do something different as a show of what he stood for…he showed us what he stood for alright.
Just a corporate whore like any other president.
Yes it is! We are one of the only countries since Nazi Germany that I am aware of, that have placed that kind of identifier on a passport. Same concept as was used by the Gestapo. Makes me wonder what the underlying purpose is, and what is next. Concentration camps?
They already have those in the form of civil commitment…
Thank you Obama!
So would someone who was convicted (non-adjudicated) by the state of florida for 1 count of possession (not production) of cp be covered by this ruling?
Here is who is covered:
(A) is a sex offender, as defined in section 21503(f) of title 34; and
(B) is currently required to register under the sex offender registration program of any jurisdiction;
I tried to make sense of the IML and failed miserably. Does this apply to all RSO’s or only those whose crimes involved a minor?
We all know what eventually happened to the Nazis. The constant subversion of the Constitution must not stand.
Only minor -according to what it states. But we are not a law firm and cannot provide legal opinions or advise. Suggest you contact the Angel Watch program at the information in the post. Anyone who has information is encouraged to share it.
Thanks very much for the response. Due to renew passport in two years, so I guess I’ll find out.
In 2 years you might well already be “chipped” or in a concentration camp. Be real…did you not read the part about them revoking passports. That will be done well before your 2 year time frame!
Wake up!
Lee,
I’m plenty of “wake up” there sport. 26 years under this piece of shit legislation’ll do that to you.
Try channeling some of that unsolicited negativity towards making a change and spend a little less of it pointing out to others how screwed they are. I’m sure your not the only one who understands just how f**ked up the USSA is. Question is, what are you, or any of the rest of us going to do about it beside sit around and bitch/point out to others how f**ked they are for the rest of their lives?
By the way, the Jews didn’t do shit. They were innocent victims. Are you similarly situated? Unless you didn’t commit a qualifying crime, the whole Nazi Germany thing doesn’t ring true. Unconstitutional? You bet. Nazis? Not even close.
Nonetheless, thanks for the great feedback. Best wishes to you and yours.
You make a very valid point DW.
Rethinking our latest post.
I am sorry that you took offense to my reply to your post. I was simply stunned about your statement about waiting 2 years because you most certainly will NOT have to wait. They will let you know if you need to turn in your current passport LONG before your renewal…and by that time who knows what else will happen (but it will not be good I can predict that with some certainty).
And to your comment about me equating myself to Jews. I in fact, am innocent of the charge. I never said in a court I was guilty, I never said in my “therapy sessions” that I was guilty. In fact, when I was attended my very first group session I refused to admit guilt since I had never done so and never will. The “therapist” accused me of lying and said she would violate my probation if I did not admit it at the next weekly session!
I contacted my lawyer who arranged a private therapist and after 4 months I was declared finished with the therapy, to which my probation officer said that she had never had anyone complete sex offender therapy so quickly. Why, because the therapist (even though he had monetary motivation to keep seeing me for the next 2 1/2 years) realized I was in fact, telling him the truth, that I was innocent. So yes, I feel unfairly persecuted and rightfully so. You are also being treated unfairly!
What I am doing to combat this unjust evil we face? Besides being active on boards dealing with this issue, and offering to be a part of any and ALL legal actions, I have a website called SexOffenderTruth which I have started to do my part in educating the public about the unfair treatment we face and also the fact that they (the general public) is being manipulated with lies about sex offenders.
Again, this is a very emotional issue…especially with latest blow and I apologize if you felt I was attacking you as we are all in this mess together and we must fight together to get out of it!
Lee
Lee,
You have my humble apologies. Your comment was powerful and profound. Many are frustrated with this constitutional abomination, and sometimes that is reflected in our posts.
I would not wish the registry on my worst enemy, let alone an innocent man. For insinuating that you are, I offer my sincerest apology.
Therein lies the problem. I played right into the politician’s fear-mongering/pandering hands by making assumptions. Forgive me.
Yours is the perfect example of why this so-called civil obligation must be done away with.
Whenever an innocent person is utterly disenfranchised with the blessings of government, we have already sacrificed the founding father’s idea of “unalienable rights” and don’t deserve to call ourselves a constitutional republic.
Even when a guilty person is disenfranchised long after paying their debt to society, this nation has lost respect for and ignored its own so-called “rule of law.”
Again, my humble apologies, and we will most definitely fight this battle together. God bless you and yours.