Parents who don't pay can say goodbye to their U.S. passports
On Thursday, May 7, the U.S. State Department told the Associated Press that it would begin revoking passports for parents who owe at least $100,000 in unpaid child support — effective as of Friday, May 8. (2)
This initial enforcement effort will affect around 2,700 holders of U.S. passports. But it is just the beginning of the crackdown.
Soon, the revocation program will expand to any parents who owe $2,500 or more. According to the Associated Press, this threshold was set by a 1996 law that has not been really enforced up to this point.