Unfortunately. this is not an isolated case. Similar situations occur far too often throughout our Nation. My involvement in this case. which is now being investigated by our State Department. led me to discover what I believe to bea serious lapse in our immigration and passport laws. Here are two young American citizens. barely of school age. who were taken from their mother and transported to a foreign country without her knowledge or permission. This never should have happened and to prevent it from happening In the future. I am today introducing an amendment to the Immigration and Nationality Act. My bill will add a new section entitled "Travel Control of Children Who Are Citizens of the United States." to chapter 2 of the law. Under this amendment. no minor child who is a citizen of the United States would be permitted to leave the country unless there is certified evidence on the face of the passport or other travel document that includes the minor or minors that such inclusion occurred with the consent. first. of both parents of child. or second. of the sole surviving parent. or third. of the legal guardian of such child if neither parent is living.
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