Well noted on the historic precedent for passport branding. Those who had a hand in passage of the IML should contemplate the significance of this comparison.

This would not be a productive comment to make

I have been saying the same thing for years. They don’t want us here, yet they try to stop us from leaving. Must be an interesting world in their brain.

Congress wanted to show that they were doing something about Americans engaging in international sex tourism and trafficking.

Wouldn’t the US government want sex offenders to leave the country? Rather than basically forcing SOs to stay?

Ok. Is this the only incident or is it everyone in the U.S?

This is only the United States.
There are only three countries that have branded its citizens documents. The United States, currently. And Germany during the Nazi era and the former Soviet Union.

It is all about Timing and Luck! If you applied for a RENEWAL, not a NEW ONE, you could be spared! It depends on the date and time You renewed! Some registrants have been able to ‘slide by’ without the branding, especially if it was done around the time IML was enforced. It is dependent on how the Passport Office determines your conviction!

It also depends where you embark and disembark. It also depends on where you reside in the US and its territories. It is convoluded at, best. BUT the majority will have the branding on theirs! (Personally, I am NOT fond of ‘Tattoos’)

Some even got their passport cards, which are NOT suppose to be issued to people like US!

It depends on the algorithms in ‘the system’, how a registrant gets branded and IF YOU ARE FLAGGED!

As I cannot go into the specificity, All I will say is that those that do not have the branding should stay quiet, as this is a format of Formal Identification!

What if there was no victim? Just a 40 year old cop playing a minor.