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[In an attempt to disenfranchise voters] US will start revoking passports for thousands of parents who owe child support, AP learns (apnews.com)
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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.

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[-] Prove_your_argument@piefed.social 2 points 2 weeks ago

So this is one of the levers they are using to remove non-GOP loyalists, assuming they get their citizenship identification requirements.

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