House Passes International Megan’s Law
After leading the fight to bring child predators to Justice in California and across the country, Congressman Dan Lungren’s (R-Gold River) wish to have Megan’s law reach international predators came true. International Megan’s Law – H.R. 5138 – was passed by Congress Tuesday evening. Lungren gave the following statement:
“While serving as the Attorney General of California, I worked to ensure passage of Megan’s Law, which helps parents in California protect their children from sexual predators. Because of the effective enforcement of laws like the California Megan’s Law, sex offenders are increasingly preying on young victims overseas – out of the reach of local and state law enforcement agents.
“Certain cities have become prime destinations for child sex tourists. They are global hubs of human sex trafficking where young children are bought, sold and abused in a manner that defies all human decency.
“I recently had the opportunity to meet with a young man in my District who is working with a team in Sway (pron. SWHY) Pak, Cambodia to combat human trafficking. He told me the children who are trafficked in and out of Sway Pak are between three and nine years old.
“The city is a haven for habitual sex offenders who are already on Megan’s Law registries in the U.S. and looking for new venues in which to perpetrate crimes on children. The bill we passed Tuesday, H.R. 5138, will bring us one step closer to stopping these predators before they do unspeakable, irreparable damage to children.”
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Posted by Robert Ehlert
on Jul 29 2010. Filed under News, Viewpoints.
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Dann Lungren assisted in wasting California tax dollars for Megan’s law by his own admission and is now doing the same at the federal level. What, hire more law enforcement to take travel plans and publish pictures. Worse yet, Dan Lungren appears to have knowledge that United States registered sex offenders are traveling overseas to commit unspeackable acts (preying on) and does nothing but pass a law for travel plans rather than make an arrest. Moreover, California Megan’s law does not stop crime nor will the latest addition stop crime in other countries. I would like to get from Dann Lungren the numbers he is referring to about how many travel outside the US to do these horrible things rather than state he knows.