Child support arrest warrant are in the homeland security data base? And if they are can someone get arrested entering the USA ?

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   Richard Hornsby

   Orlando Criminal Defense Attorney

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   Answered December 22, 2011 09:03. Just like a rose, an arrest warrant by any other name is still the same. So yes, if there is a civil writ for someone's arrest the person could be held in jail if they entered the country through another state's airport and extradited to the requesting state.

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   Kyndra L. MulderPro

   Jacksonville Criminal Defense Attorney

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   Answered December 22, 2011 08:26. More facts are needed before you can be provided with an answer. If the person for whom the warrant is outstanding is not a US Citizen and the warrant is for a felony or CIMT, then there is a possibility that DHS can make it difficult for the person in entering the US.
   Best advise; pay your child support or if you feel it is unjust take it up with the court that has jurisdiciton over the children.

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   John Leace

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   Answered December 22, 2011 08:42. There are variables to this question that are not known and make it difficult to answer. At the most basic level, the child support needs to be paid.

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   Royce Bishop

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   Answered December 26, 2011 17:00. They can, yes. Will it happen? I don't know. Let's say there is a arrest warrant in FL and the person wants to land in Arizona. I don't know if a person lands in Arizona, that a Florida warrant automatically shows up on the computer monitor or if DHS officer has to stop and decide if he feels like searching into the data base. If there is a warrant in Florida, but Florida never put the warrant into the database, then I don't know how DHS would find out about it. I don't know how much of it is automatic. If a person lands in AZ and sees that the person has a driver's license or passport from FL, the officer could get curious and wonder why Mr. Doe is returning from a trip from Europe, but not landing in his home state. At that point the officer could get curious and decide that he/she will look into FL and see what is going on. If they see child support, maybe the officer can decide to let them through, but of course if was a murder charge, then they would certainly stop them.

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