特朗普政府正准备扩大对拖欠大额子女抚养费父母的护照吊销范围，限制其在欠款解决前的国际旅行能力。
据美联社报道，美国国务院计划加强对一项已有30年历史的联邦法律的执行力度。该法律允许政府吊销欠有大量未付子女抚养费个人的美国护照。报道援引了三位熟悉此事的美国官员的话。
目前尚不清楚最终会有多少人受到影响，但官员们表示，这一数字可能会达到数千人。官员们称，由于欠缴子女抚养费的护照持有人数量可能很大，国务院预计将分阶段实施这些变更。
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美国国务院正计划扩大对拖欠大量子女抚养费父母的护照吊销范围。(Alex Wong/Getty Images)
据官员向媒体透露，首批被锁定的将是拖欠超过10万美元子女抚养费的护照持有人。一位官员表示，目前符合这一标准的人数不到500人。这些人在收到吊销通知后，如果与卫生与公众服务部（HHS）达成付款计划，可以保留护照。
该官员补充说，未来降低拖欠金额门槛将显著增加受执行措施影响的父母数量。
目前尚不清楚任何进一步的变更何时生效，以及可能有多少人因此被吊销护照。
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美国国务院计划加强对一项允许联邦政府在子女抚养费付清前吊销美国护照的法律的执行。(Yuri Gripas/CNP/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
根据1996年《个人责任与工作机会协调法案》，拖欠超过2500美元子女抚养费的护照吊销已获允许。然而近年来，国务院通常仅在个人申请护照更新或寻求其他领事服务时采取行动。
据向美联社透露的官员称，在新的执行方式下，国务院将根据卫生与公众服务部共享的数据开始吊销护照。
美国国务院在向美联社发表的声明中表示，“正在研究执行长期法律的方案，以防止那些欠下大量子女抚养费的人忽视对其子女的法律和道德义务。”
“简单来说：赖账父母必须支付拖欠的子女抚养费，”声明补充道。
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据卫生与公众服务部儿童抚养执行办公室称，自《个人责任与工作机会协调法案》启动护照拒绝计划以来，已追回近6.21亿美元拖欠的子女抚养费，其中包括9笔超过30万美元的付款。
美联社对本文报道亦有贡献。
The Trump administration is preparing to expand passport revocations for parents who owe significant child support, limiting their ability to travel internationally until their arrears are addressed.
The State Department plans to increase enforcement of a 30-year-old federal law that allows the government to revoke U.S. passports for individuals with substantial unpaid child support, according to The Associated Press, which cited three U.S. officials familiar with the matter.
It is unclear how many people could ultimately be affected, though officials indicated the number could reach into the thousands. The State Department is expected to implement the changes in phases due to the potentially large number of passport holders who owe back child support, the officials said.
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The State Department is planning to expand revocations of passports of parents who owe a significant amount of child support.(Alex Wong/Getty Images)
The first group to be targeted will be passport holders who owe more than $100,000 in past-due child support, the officials told the outlet. One official said fewer than 500 people meet that threshold. Those individuals could retain their passports if they enter into a payment plan with the Department of Health and Human Services after being notified of a pending revocation.
The official added that lowering the past-due threshold in the future would significantly increase the number of parents subject to enforcement.
It remains unclear when any further changes would take effect or how many people might have their passports revoked as a result.
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The State Department intends to step up enforcement of a 30-year-old law that allows the federal government to revoke U.S. passports until child support payments are made.(Yuri Gripas/CNP/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Passport revocations for unpaid child support exceeding $2,500 have been permitted under a 1996 law known as the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act. In recent years, however, the State Department typically acted only when an individual applied to renew a passport or sought other consular services.
Under the updated approach, the department would begin revoking passports based on data shared by the Department of Health and Human Services, according to the officials who spoke to The Associated Press.
The State Department said in a statement to The Associated Press that it “is reviewing options to enforce long-standing law to prevent those owing substantial amounts of child support from neglecting their legal and moral obligations to their children.”
The State Department will soon begin revoking passports based on data shared by HHS.(iStock)
“It is simple: deadbeat parents need to pay their child support arrears,” the statement added.
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Since the Passport Denial Program began with the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act, nearly $621 million in past-due child support payments have been made, including nine payments of more than $300,000, according to the Office of Child Support Enforcement at the Department of Health and Human Services.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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