International Parental Child Abduction victimizes thousands of American children each year. Many kidnapped children are never returned and are lost forever. Preventing IPCA requires efficient prevention programs because once a child is illegally removed from the U.S. it is extremely difficult to have them returned.
We support the GAO recommendation for the DHS (concurred) to create a security screening policy preventing U.S. citizens considered high-risk child abductors from leaving the U.S. with their child in violation of court orders. We urge the WHTI policy to be modified and require all U.S. child-citizens traveling abroad to present a valid American passport.
Created by advocates Peter Thomas Senese, Carolyn Vlk, Joel Walter, Patrica Lee, Pamela Michell, Eric Kalmus, David Bokel