TSA is giving your info to ICE.

Diving back into the news, TSA is sharing your information with ICE while they grab parents and children straight out of the endless lines that are still pouring out the door. And once they’re arrested, this administration seems to be sending them to unfamiliar countries without even giving them a fair trial in court. The New York Times has reported that TSA agents tipped off ICE agents before an arrest at San Francisco International Airport on Sunday night. “What is your name? What is your badge number? We need to see your badge number. Show your badge number.” Angelina Lopez-Jimenez, who you see in the video with her 9-year-old daughter, had a deportation order since 2019. Reports say they were flagged on the flight list, which allowed TSA to tip off ICE agents. But the question is, how were they flagged in the first place? Apparently, last year, the Trump administration quietly created a partnership between ICE and TSA, allowing ICE to check and flag TSA air traveler lists for passengers with deportation orders. A spokesperson for DHS said, “The message to those in the country illegally is clear: The only reason you should be flying is to self-deport home.” The former deputy head of the ICE office in New York City said, “The administration has turned routine travel into a force multiplier for removals, potentially identifying thousands who thought they could evade the law simply by boarding a plane.” Now, it’s not a new thing for federal entities to have some level of access to airline passenger information, which may be used for national security reasons. However, allegations of TSA specifically tipping off ICE agents for arrests have raised concerns about how much data is being shared in these inconspicuous ways. Democratic officials have heavily criticized data-sharing in this administration, saying it “seemed to be ‘omnipresent’ under the Trump administration, putting personal information at risk and bypassing due process.” And in this particular case, they’ve criticized the administration for using this data to arrest mothers and children instead of the dangerous criminals we keep being told they’re focusing on. People are also concerned that this data-sharing and preoccupation with ICE arrests could distract from airport security and the effort to cut down on wait times. A senior ICE official during the Biden administration also said that “If you have more officers conducting arrests at airports, it puts more strain on the system, delays and complications may annoy and frighten some travelers…” As ICE’s increased presence at US airports has yet to make a significant change in wait times, and TSA officials say it takes months for agents to be fully trained on security checkpoints, this incident makes you question if the data-sharing and arrests were the real agenda to begin with. Watch the full Daily DeFranco Show: https://www.youtube.com/@PhilipDeFranco?sub_confirmation=1 Get More News Clips: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpLB7kBu9O5dbBKhaIOmqcQ?sub_confirmation=1 —————————— Produced by: Cory Ray, Philip DeFranco Edited by: James Girardier, Maxwell Enright, Julie Goldberg, Christian Meeks, Matthew Henry Art Department: William Crespo Writing/Research: Cory Ray, Philip DeFranco ———————————— #USA #America #Travel