US EditionTSA is giving airline passenger data to ICE for deportation push: NYT
The TSA shares passenger data multiple times weekly with ICE to identify and detain immigrants with final removal orders as part of an intensified deportation effort.
- Under a previously undisclosed program, the Transportation Security Administration supplies passenger lists several times a week to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, aiding the Trump administration's deportation efforts at U.S. airports.
- Amid a drive to increase deportations, DHS officials, including Stephen Miller, floated goals and used ICE databases to meet targets, former officials said.
- ICE agents receive flight numbers, departure times and photos from the Pacific Enforcement Response Center, enabling local ICE and CBP officers to intercept flagged passengers hours before takeoff.
- The program produced immediate arrests, including the Nov. 20 detention at Boston Logan Airport of Any Lucía López Belloza, deported two days later, and a late-October Salt Lake City arrest.
- Amid concerns about airport operations, critics said the program frightens immigrants and a former ICE official said 75 percent of flagged cases led to arrests, warning of strained security.
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TSA Provides Passenger Lists to Accelerate Deportations
Immigration officers have gained a powerful new tool at US airports: full access to lists of upcoming airline passengers. Under a program that began in March but had not been disclosed, the Transportation Security Administration regularly sends Immigration and Customs Enforcement the names of travelers who are scheduled to fly,...
Trump admin. asks transportation body to share passenger names in expanded deportation push: Report
The Trump administration reportedly orders the Transportation Security Administration to provide the names of every airline passenger to the Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
Flying may now come with immigration enforcement attached
The Transportation Security Administration has quietly shared airline passenger information with Immigration and Customs Enforcement, raising new concerns about surveillance, privacy and immigration enforcement far from the border. According to reporting from The New York Times, TSA regularly provided ICE with lists of domestic airline passengers, allowing immigration authorities to cross-check travelers against deportation databases. In at leas…
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Trump Deportation Push Continues With TSA-ICE Partnership and Move to Strip Legal Status
As the Trump administration moved to end family reunification parole programs, reporting revealed that TSA now shares air passenger names with ICE.
Trump Turns Flights Anto Arrests as TSA Now Shares Passenger Lists With ICE
The Trump administration now shares all air traveler names with ICE, allowing immigration agents to detain and deport people at airports, as seen in the case of 19-year-old Any Lucía López Belloza.
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