To try and make sense of some of this mess and offer our members something more than “we don’t know”, I did a deeper dive into IML this weekend.įirst, IML is still relatively new, it was only signed into law a couple years ago, so there’s not a lot of information or judicial interpretation and even those who should know, are not fully apprised yet.Try asking your local Sheriff’s office a question about IML and gauge their response!Īs it relates to people required to register as sex offenders, there are three important components that concern us: And collecting anecdotal information from those who have traveled, those who have had their passports revoked (and ordered new ones), etc., has yielded even more confusion. We received no (zero) response to the letters we sent to DHS, the passport office or any of the agencies we reached out to. The International Megan’s Law is a confusing piece of legislation, the definition of who is and who is not covered under certain sections is inconsistent. The honest answer to most of the questions posed was “we don’t know”. Why have I not received a notification that my passport has been revoked? Should I travel? Am I going to get the branded passport even if my registration period ended and I’m no longer on the registry? Can I just get it over with and order a new passport with the brand in it? Is anything being done to challenge this? After we posted the story of one of our members who attempted to fly to the Caribbean only to be met with US Marshals at the airport who confiscated his passport, we received a lot of questions from people across the US, who are required to register.
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