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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Trump Administration Instructs U.S. Airports to Feed ICE the Name of Every Passenger: Report
The data will reportedly be used to locate travelers who may be subject to deportation Christopher Dilts/Bloomberg via GettyNEED TO KNOWThe Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is providing the names of every passenger to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)The two agencies have been working together since March, and TSA provides ICE a list of travelers multiple times a weekAs a result of the partnership, ICE can cross-reference the…
The Donald Trump Administration has a partnership between the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) and the Immigration and Customs Control Service (ICE) whereby data from all air passengers reach the immigration authorities. Transfer of information facilitates the detention of migrants and their deportation. Continue reading
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