Member Submission: IML and travel to the Bahamas
(Decided to share this story in hope it might keep somebody else from the humiliation i experienced with my family and add to your travel site data base )
Unfortunately i found out the hard way about International Megan’s Law while traveling to Bahamas on a family/birthday vacation.
Since i had traveled to the Bahamas multiple times before the law was enacted and did not have to register under IML until 2017, I was totally blindsided when i was ushered into a small room, advised they had received notification from Interpol and the US marshals service as to be on alert to my flight and party and traveling as a rso . All they cared about if i was in fact a rso–nothing about the charges being over 20 years old and my legal papers showing i was removed in my home state–or the fact i had traveled throughout the Bahamas for years after my conviction and actually lived in Grand Bahama for 3 months.
I was summarily separated from my family and promptly ushered back on the plane back to Miami– I barely had time to give my fiancee (she knows of my background and status) my credit cards and cash to continue with the trip without me. She had to cry and beg for the hotel to honor our reservations since the cc were all in my name and the touted fishing trip had to be cancelled.
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OVERSEAS REGISTRANT WINS BATTLE WITH ANGEL WATCH CENTER
October 17, 2018 ·95 Comments
A registrant who has lived overseas for more than two years recently won a battle with the Angel Watch Center after the Center falsely notified the State Department that he was currently required to register as a sex offender. As a result of that notification, the registrant’s U.S. passport was revoked because it lacked a “unique identifier”.
The registrant, who was traveling on business, learned that his passport had been revoked after a letter was sent to the home of a relative where he had previously resided prior to departing the U.S. Because his passport was revoked, the registrant could not return home from the country where he was conducting business.
The Angel Watch Center’s determination was based upon an incorrect interpretation of a state’s registration laws. In order to correct that determination, a letter was obtained from the state police which clarified that the registrant is not required to register in that state because he had properly notified the state of his move overseas and that he is not a current resident of that state.
After receipt of the state police letter, the Angel Watch Center notified the State Department of its error and the State Department eventually issued the registrant a new passport without the “unique identifier” at no cost. This process took about six weeks and resulted in the registrant’s inability to return to his family as well as significant hotel and other related costs. The registrant is now reviewing his legal options due to harm caused by the Angel Watch Center’s errors.
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A fallen Angel apparently . When you do whatever you can at “ANY” cost or measure to protect one group while lying or making mistakes against another.
The news does this crap. Falsely report something on an offender then when corrected, never do a retraction. I have seen many stories of people being called a Predator before even being found guilty, just an arrest. When later they are found to not be the person they were looking for, news just stays quiet.
If you try and sue them, they cry “Freedom of the press”.
I believe legally these “Jump to be the first to report” reporters should be held civilly liable for their actions.
Need the source of this story (a link to where it came from).
https://all4consolaws.org/2018/10/overseas-registrant-wins-battle-with-angel-watch-center/