UPDATE 1-US to start revoking passports of parents who owe child support, AP reports

​The State Department will begin revoking the ‌U.S. passports of thousands of parents who owe a significant amount of unpaid ‌child support, the Associated Press reported on ‌Thursday.

The revocations would begin on Friday and be focused on those who owe $100,000 or ⁠more, ​or ⁠about 2,700 American passport holders, the AP reported. The ⁠revocation program will soon be expanded ​to cover parents who owe more than $2,500 ⁠in unpaid child support, which is a ⁠threshold ​set by a little-enforced 1996 law, the AP reported, citing the ⁠State Department.

The department did not immediately ⁠respond ⁠to a request for comment from Reuters.

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