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A couple times now, NARSOL (Reform Sex Offender Laws) has put out articles saying that the International Megan's Law is not that big a deal compared to other proposed laws (for example, proposals to get rid of statutes of limitations for sex offenses), and that therefore people should focus on other legislation besides the IML. That seems odd to me, because NARSOL seemed to be leading the charge from the beginning to get people to fight against IML, but now they seem to be backpedaling and saying, "Don't worry about it; it's not that important compared to these other fish we need to fry." It seems to me that for the truly determined, there might be some way around the IML. Maybe find a country that doesn't mind having sex offenders around, and go there and become a national of that country and get a passport from them. Then proceed on to the destination you're really interested in. The problem with that is that a U.S. passport will get you into more countries than some other passports will. It might also be possible to surreptitiously enter a foreign country by boat and evade passport controls that way. Once there, if you had or could get a fake birth certificate saying you were born in that foreign country, maybe you could use that to get an identification card issued by their government. I think that those who have passports that predate the IML should probably tell the government that they lost the passport and need a new one re-issued. They might still be able to use the old passport to get through coastal passport checkpoints that are less thorough than the airport checkpoints. Someone should probably write up a guide laying out the various options available and the pros and cons of each. |