U.S. State Dept. to begin revoking passports of parents owing $100,000 in child support

The State Department will begin revoking the U.S. passports of thousands of parents who owe a significant amount of unpaid child support. The department says the revocations will begin Friday and be focused on those who owe $100,000 or more. That would apply to about 2,700 American passport holders. But the program soon will be greatly expanded to cover parents who owe more than $2,500 in unpaid child support. That's the threshold set by a little-enforced 1996 law. (Photo: Getty Images)