Washington – Bill Would Make It Harder For Sex Offenders To Travel Abroad

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    FILE - A traveler has his fingerprints scanned at the international travel entry point at JFK International Airport in New York, March 25, 2008.  ReutersWashington – Registered sex offenders who have committed crimes against children will have a harder time traveling internationally under legislation Congress has sent to the president’s desk.

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    The House passed the legislation by voice vote Monday after Senate passage in December. If signed by the president, the U.S. would let other countries know when a registered sex offender is traveling abroad. The United States would work with countries to receive information about sex offenders traveling here.

    The State Department would also develop a way for U.S. passports to identify that a person is a sex offender.

    Republican Rep. Chris Smith of New Jersey sponsored the legislation and has been pushing for it for eight years. It expands on a law that requires public notification of sex offenders in the United States.


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    8 years ago

    It’s about time!

    8 years ago

    We should encourage these offenders to travel out of US and to settle there. Some good ideas would be in Iran. If they make any effort to relapse into their behavior, they will surely get arrested and get their due.

    kenyaninwhitehouse
    kenyaninwhitehouse
    8 years ago

    so America cant keep Mexican sex offenders out (as Trump pointed out) and now wants to keep them in? Liberalism.