Sounds like part of the script of a bad sci fi film.
Well, it would be better if The State kills you if you go over.
And the plot could be like Logan's Run.
It would be a great (bad) movie as a counterpoint to "a very convenient lie." Portray the democratic party getting the Presidency and both houses (horror film material there) and issuing these (with the death penalty) as their first Official Act.
Too bad we don't have anyone on the Right with the stones to do this.