Under 1,000 Illegal Aliens Used Arrest Warrants AS ID to Board US Flights

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'Under 1,000' Illegal Aliens Used Arrest Warrants as ID to Board US Flights: TSA Chief

July 22nd, 2022

The head of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) told lawmakers on July 21 that "under 1,000" illegal immigrants were allowed to present civil immigration enforcement documents, like arrest warrants, as valid proof of identification and were able to board commercial U.S. flights this calendar year. TSA Administrator David Pekoske, who was re-nominated by President Joe Biden for a second five-year term, made the remarks during questioning about the policy by Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) at his confirmation hearing before the Senate Homeland Security Committee. "How would this policy comport with [US Code Title 8, Section 1325], which criminalizes improper entry [into] the United States by an alien?" "These individuals who have these arrest warrants, these arrest warrants were issued by Border Patrol or a customs officer, and they serve as a beginning of our identity verification process so you can't walk up to a checkpoint, wave that form and then go right through into screening," he said. "We aren't looking at whether a person is legal or illegal in the country," he said. ""I think you're going to have a hard time explaining to folks who wait for all of this time in these lines, who subject themselves voluntarily to the restrictions you impose...that you're allowing illegal aliens with warrants for arrest to get on airplanes." Read more ...

'Under 1,000' Illegal Aliens Used Arrest Warrants as ID to Board US Flights: TSA Chief
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