US will start revoking passports for thousands of parents who owe child support, AP learns
Source: AP
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The department told The Associated Press on Thursday that the revocations would begin Friday and be focused on those who owe $100,000 or more. That would apply to about 2,700 American passport holders, according to figures supplied to the State Department by the Department of Health and Human Services.
The revocation program, plans for which were first reported by the AP in February, soon will be greatly expanded to cover parents who owe more than $2,500 in unpaid child support — the threshold set by a little-enforced 1996 law, the State Department said.
It was not clear on Thursday how many passport holders owe more than $2,500 because HHS is still collecting data from state agencies that track the figures, but it could encompass many more thousands of people, officials said.
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By MATTHEW LEE
Updated 3:28 PM EDT, May 7, 2026
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. State Department will begin revoking the U.S. passports of thousands of parents who owe a significant amount of unpaid child support.
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If Uncle Sam gets the delinquents to pay, where does the money do? I would HOPE that the children (or their mothers) would get it, but who knows what this administration would do ....
