DHS suspends Global Entry for New Yorkers due to ‘sanctuary city’ laws

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American Military News by  Laura Widener  February 06, 2020

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced it is halting enrollments of New York residents into Trusted Traveler Programs over the state’s recent law forbidding the transfer of driver’s license information to the DHS.

Acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf announced exclusively on Fox News’ Tucker Carlson Tonight that the agency would enact the suspension immediately.

Wolf explained that the Global Entry and other Trusted Traveler Programs (TTP) allow expedited processing based on states’ assistance in verifying travelers’ identities. However, the state’s Driver’s License Access and Privacy Act, which went into effect in December, now forbids the state from providing that relevant information to the agency.

Wolf said the law “compromises CBP’s ability to confirm whether an individual applying for TTP membership meets program eligibility requirements.”

More: https://americanmilitarynews.com/2020/02/dhs-suspends-global-entry-for-new-yorkers-due-to-sanctuary-city-laws/

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Send in the troops.

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Freeze on Global Entry Enrollment for New Yorkers: What We Know

NY Times 2/6/2020 By Azi Paybarah

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/06/nyregion/global-entry-what-to-know.html

The Department of Homeland Security said Wednesday that it would temporarily block New Yorkers from enrolling in the Trusted Traveler Programs, including Global Entry, which allow prescreened travelers to bypass lengthy lines at airports and border crossings.

The change, which takes immediate effect, was made in response to New York’s so-called Green Light Law, federal officials said. As part of that measure, which allows undocumented residents to obtain driver’s licenses, immigration officials were barred from gaining access to the state’s Department of Motor Vehicles databases without a court order.

If New York amends the law to grant federal officials access to those records, enrollment would be restored, a Homeland Security official said.

That seems unlikely. The law’s State Senate sponsor, Luis Sepúlveda, said he and his Democratic colleagues had no intention of revisiting the law. “We can’t allow the president to come in and try to bully us,” he said.

More at link.

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Freeze on Global Entry Enrollment for New Yorkers: What We Know

The Department of Homeland Security said Wednesday that it would temporarily block New Yorkers from enrolling in the Trusted Traveler Programs, including Global Entry, which allow prescreened travelers to bypass lengthy lines at airports and border crossings.

May not be temporary if New Yorkers stay on their high horse.

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The law’s State Senate sponsor, Luis Sepúlveda, said he and his Democratic colleagues had no intention of revisiting the law. “We can’t allow the president to come in and try to bully us,” he said.