The Transportation Security Administration (TSAfor its acronym in English) works with the Immigration and Customs Enforcement Service (ICE) for the Include the travelers’ names and dates of birth who would have received a deportation order. This measure allows authorities to send agents to airports to arrest these people.
Accordingly The New York TimesThe partnership between the agencies began quietly in March of this year. Over there, The TSA provides ICE with a list of travelers several times a week which are expected to pass through airports.
TSA officers compare passenger information with one List of people with deportation orders, provided by the ICE. If a match occurs, they inform authorities so they can verify the information.
The Times was unable to reach other transportation officials for further details about the program. Despite it, They received confirmation of the collaboration from Tricia McLaughlinSpokesperson for the Department of Homeland Security (DHSfor its acronym in English).
“The message to those in the country illegally is clear: “The only reason they should fly is to self-deport home.”McLaughlin said.
The Department of Homeland Security, which includes both ICE and TSA, continues to apply pressure to increase the number of daily arrests. Earlier this year, US National Security Advisor Stephen Miller proposed a target of 3,000 arrests per day at national level.
Some former officials claim that the program would be of great help with this arrangement ICE manages to meet the required deportation numbers from the Trump administration.
“The government has turned routine travel into a force multiplier for deportationspotentially identifying thousands of people who believed they could evade the law simply by getting on a plane,” said Scott Mechkowski, former deputy director of ICE’s New York City office.
Then he added: “It’s not about fear; It’s about restoring order and ensure that all Americans know that their government will enforce the law without apology.”
To all Lucía López Belloza, A 19-year-old Honduran migrant was at Logan Airport in Boston to travel to Texas for Thanksgiving. passed Security check with your Honduran passport without incident and arrived at his gate with enough time to grab a coffee.
However, when it was time to boardYour boarding pass didn’t work. There they told him there was a problem, a few minutes laterHe was arrested by immigration officials.
“Oh, you’re someone.”said one of the federal agents waiting for her, as the young woman said in a conversation with The New York Times.
“One of the agents told me, ‘Well, you’re coming with us. You’re going to have to fill out a lot of paperwork,'” he recalls. “I told him, ‘Well, I have to get on the plane because I have to go now.’ And he said, “BWell, I don’t think you’ll be taking that flight.‘”.
At the time of receiving the message, Belloza had a panic attack and was able to speak briefly with his parents. “I thought: “Let me process everything he’s saying because he just said they’re going to deport me.”“López Belloza recalled in dialogue withThe Boston Globe.
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