Can they arrest you at the airport when leaving the country if you have a credit card debt?

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No, there are no debtor prisons in the United States. Being in debt is not a crime.

If all the consumers who had credit card debt were arrested, there would be nothing but prisons in America. The average American has approximately $8000 of credit card debt. This does not include those of us with defaulted or derogatory accounts.

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