Getting into Kenya legally is possible but not cheap. I myself am i registered sex offender from the US and reside in Kenya.

Here’s something everyone needs to be mindful of (at least when it comes to Florida and our chapters – state and local- of the ACLU, PLUS National!).

The ACLU is currently representing us in our residency restriction challenge. We are (as of today) on day 3 of litigation and there are 3 ACLU attorneys sitting full-time at that trial. They, on our behalf, are flying in expert witnesses and paying fees. Prior to this trial, this case was going on for 4 years (we filed in 2014) and made it to the 11th Circuit (appellate court) and back. I know how much deposition transcripts cost and this case has had dozens of witnesses!

This lawsuit EASILY has cost the ACLU over 6 figures already and has a lot of their staff working on it. We’re not even through trial yet and whoever loses will certainly appeal and there we go again…

In the meantime, the ACLU has election issues, immigration issues, privacy issues, gender rights and other equality issues, etc., etc.

It would be unrealistic to ask for (and expect) the ACLU to tackle more than one issue at a time for us.

I contacted the ACLU. The following is a portion of their response:

“At present, we are not addressing the issue of travel limitations imposed by our government or the governments of other countries. There is the potential that this may be addressed in our future work, but as I say, this is not currently part of our focus.”

Pretty sure by now that there are some state supreme courts and/or some Federal circuits that have held them to be punishment. Almost positive that that has been the case regarding Michigan and Pennsylvania laws, among other states. And the last time that the Supreme Court held this to be the case, 15 years ago, they were somewhat right. Things have changed, as pointed out in FAC’s ex post facto lawsuit and elsewhere.

I only see 2 brief references in State of Hawaii v Bani to U.Si Supreme Court decisions, and those were in the early 1970’s. MANY attorneys have already tried those arguments in other states, without success. I doubt that a decision by the Hawaii Supreme Court is going to carry any weight with other courts. Current U.S. Supreme Court law of the land is that sex offender registries are not punishment. That is the fallacy that needs to be successfully challenged. Other states’ courts would hold that it was the acts of the convicted person that damaged his reputation. End of case.

The path is quite simple your reputation and standing in the community are a protected liberty interest as described by United States Supreme Court rulings as laid out in the Hawaii Supreme Court decision in State of Hawaii v Bani that case that went before the Hawaii Supreme Court decided that before a person could be placed on the Hawaii community notification estate had to prove at an individual level that the person at the time of the hearing was in fact a danger to reoffend which meant that every person that was placed on the Hawaii registry have to first go into court and not prove themselves to be no longer a danger but the way it should have been done all along the government had to prove by a preponderance of evidence at the time of the hearing that the person was in fact a danger to reoffend stop and think about it if all 900,000 people before they could be placed on community notification or have their drivers license stamped or have a stamp put on their passport had to have a court hearing. What that would do to the court system I lay this and other information out in an article that I wrote for the SOSEN homepage in August of 2017 you can find that article here http://sosen.org/blog/2017/08/08/international-meagans-law-damages-a-persons-reputation.html

I did send a message the ACLU through their website. I received an auto-generated response back stating they get a lot of correspondence so a reply may not be forthcoming.
I am certainly willing to go the distance should someone be willing to pick the case up.

I recently visited France and, when my plane landed, I was met by the French police. They took me aside and questioned me for about 20 minutes, but the questions were all fairly standard Customs questions, “Is your travel for business or vacation?” “How long will you be in the country?” “Wheee will you be staying?” Etc.
They did not ask any questions regarding convictions, incarceration, or past illegal activity – nothing at all. And they quickly released me, free to visit France.
Frankly, they did not seem to know why they had been directed to pull me aside and question me. And, unfortunately, I failed to ask them for copies of whatever documentation had incited them to take such action. Next time, I will be certain to ask for copies of those documents.

You would remain listed on Florida’s registry, but that does not mean you would be required to continue following Florida’s registration laws.