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For the past six months, the Transportation Security Administration has allowed migrants released from the custody of other Homeland Security agencies to board flights to other parts of the country despite the passengers lacking any of the 15 documents it states are the only acceptable forms of identification.
Since early December, the agency has avoided temporarily changing federal policy and also not introduced a permanent solution to address this new phenomenon, despite no indication border apprehensions and mass releases are slowing down any time soon.
Since January, Immigration and Customs Enforcement has released from custody more than 200,000 migrants who arrived at the border as part of a family. The releases are mandatory under a 2015 court ruling that bars ICE from holding families more than 20 days.
ICE often drops people off at bus stations, where nongovernmental organizations that have been alerted to the drop-offs send volunteers to help migrants make travel arrangements to join family members in other cities. The agency then wipes its hands clean following the releases. ICE would not comment on the legal precedent for undocumented immigrants boarding flights in the U.S.
© Sara Sanchez / El Paso TimesMore than 50 migrants were dropped off at a Downtown El Paso Greyhound bus station by Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials on Christmas Eve, 2018
TSA was unaware initially which documents its security officers required for migrants to board flights.
Its website states passengers over the age of 18 who are boarding domestic or international flights out of the U.S. "must show valid identification at the airport checkpoint in order to travel."
Those 15 acceptable forms of ID include:
- USCIS worker's document;
- driver's licenses or state ID;
- U.S. passport or passport card;
- a DHS-trusted traveler cards;
- a Defense ID card;
- permanent resident card;
- a border crossing card;
- a DHS-designated enhanced driver's license;
- a federally recognized, tribal-issued photo ID;
- an HSPD-12 PIV card;
- a foreign government-issued passport;
- a Canadian provincial driver's license or Indian and Northern Affairs Canada card;
- a transportation worker identification credential;
- a U.S. Merchant Mariner Credential;
- and a USCIS Employment Authorization Card (I-766).
TSA said the court order served as the individual's identification because that person had already gone through a background check while in custody of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, ICE, and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.
However, a USCIS official said TSA's knowledge of protocol was wrong and that the latter agency would not provide any type of travel authorization document to a person who has passed a credible fear screening. The official said the NTA has one purpose and that was to tell recipients when to show up for court.
With the pushback from USCIS, TSA said another possible document that might be used would be the USCIS employment card.
However, asylum seekers who have been released from custody cannot attain that paper until 180 days after a credible fear claim has been approved.
In its initial statement to the Washington Examiner on its own policy violation, the agency said "TSA accepts identification documentation issued by other government agencies, which is validated through the issuing agency. All passengers are then subject to appropriate screening measures."
TSA then referred the Washington Examiner to a webpage, which still states, "You will not be allowed to enter the security checkpoint if your identity cannot be confirmed, you chose to not provide proper identification or you decline to cooperate with the identity verification process."
TSA issued an additional statement after publication.
"All travelers are required to provide proper documentation prior to flying. CBP, ICE and TSA have been working together for years, ensuring that those who are leaving detention facilities are provided with the proper documentation, or given additional information about proper documentation at that time," a TSA spokesperson said in an email. "TSA has always had protocols in place for those that are unable to produce documentation and need to travel. However, we expect the vast majority of travelers to appear with one of the documents listed on our website."
We make sure that all state documents are accessible in at least 20 different languages and often times make sure all of the road signs that are important are written in spanish and english.
Meanwhile if you are a natural born citizen the same bureaucracy takes every step it can to make sure you,
A. Are bled dry for the slightest infraction, even a parking ticket can make you bankrupt in some cities, the same cities that are sanctuary cities.
B. Obfuscate any important documentation by making it so legalese often times most people who obtain a high school diploma cannot even understand it. Though at the same time they offer employees who speak all the foreign languages to help the illegal immigrants to apply, but if you are a whitey they give you an overworked case worker who really just wants you to piss off.
C. Never do anything to alleviate the housing crisis for it's natural born citizens, instead they do everything they can to increase housing prices, all the while limiting land that is ever able to be developed through regulations and reserves. This while letting underprivileged illegals apply for the housing, often times giving them priority.
There are almost 70,000 homeless in L.A. yet it is a proud sanctuary city in a proud sanctuary state.
The government and EVERYONE needs to stop clamoring to serve non citizens. NO FUCKING SHIT (nod to BlackWolfPaul) people are gonna want to bum-rush the border when the government is fighting to serve non citizens over citizens 365 days a year. Especially if there is a bully country putting sanctions on their home countries.
They have already figured out that enough illegal immigrants turning up at the same time works exactly like a DDoS attack on a website. That is TERRORISM. It is illegal on the internet and should be illegal in the physical world as well.
To fix the DDoS angle all illegals whom are released into the U.S. should have rf chips in them. It would be simple to track them at that point. Especially if they went to a DMV, bank, or AFS office. Just put rf scanners in. This way they could at least not be eligible for all the entitlements that should be reserved for the countries own citizenry.
The chips could be taken out after naturalization, or if they are caught with them removed illegally there should be very very punitive damages levied against them.
America really is a country that is 99% stupid ass egocentric idiots who do not have the skills to even think let alone critical thinking.. All they can do is "feel" and let their hearts bleed.
There would be outcry at this even, meaning that those people feel illegals should not have to follow ANY laws. Nor ever actually apply for citizenship since they (illegal immigrants) are now having idiots say they should even have the right to vote.
It really is painful how ignorant most americans are, how egocentric most americans are, how narcissistic most americans are, how non-pragmatic most americans are, and how reluctant most americans are to accept any ideas other than the ones their personal fantasies have created.
The harlot has risen.