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by AgentOrange1234
29 days ago
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This is a real problem. I was appalled when renewing my car this year that I now need a Texas by Texas account (https://www.texas.gov/texas-by-texas/), which wants... a social security number because why?!?! Anyway, yet another data breach incoming. |
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Because of federal child support legislation. If you are $2500 (or more) in arrears, your passport gets cancelled. Most states will also suspend/revoke your professional licenses and possibly driving license when you cross that state's threshold.
https://travel.state.gov/en/passports/contact-support/legal-...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Child_support_in_the_United_St...
> In 1996, Congress passed and President Bill Clinton signed the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act (42 U.S.C. ยง 666), which required that states adopt UIFSA by January 1, 1998 or face loss of federal funding for child support enforcement. Every U.S. state has adopted either the 1996 or a later version of UIFSA.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uniform_Interstate_Family_Supp...
When I worked for my state's motor vehicle bureau, one of the verification apis that the driving license/ID folks got to use was a verification of citizenship/lawful residence service. Which used SSNs.