https://foxnews.com/politics/cruz-quizzes-dhs-tsa-screening-migr…
Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, on Wednesday wrote to Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas seeking more information about the screening of migrants who have come through the border via the CBP One app and are seeking to board flights.
"While Americans must present an acceptable form of identification to fly, or at least have their identities confirmed, TSA (Transportation Security Administration) is permitting illegal aliens without ID to opt for an alternate identity verification process utilizing the…'CBP One' app," Cruz says in the letter to Mayorkas, saying the process "takes illegal aliens at their word" on certain data and allows them to obtain DHS documents and fly out of airports.
"In effect, TSA is applying one standard for verifying the identities of American citizens, and another, weaker standard for ‘verifying’ the identities of illegal aliens. This is alarming."
The U.S. has been allowing around 1,600 migrants a day to be paroled into the U.S. through ports of entry using the CBP One app, which allows migrants to upload photographs and other information and schedule an appointment with a CBP officer.
Cruz, the ranking member of the Senate Commerce Committee, says that even if they do not have a passport or other way to prove their identity, they can still be paroled into the U.S.
He then says that if they try to fly out of an airport, "TSA may use his unverified name and date of birth in CBP One to verify his identity, even though the person may in fact be a terrorist or other criminal traveling under a fake identity." Similarly, he says, Immigration and Customs Enforcement can use that data to issue a card to them under their name and date of birth.
@SuperiorSheepRepublican5mos5MO
Why’s it ok for Dems to transport them all over the states, but when border states or Republicans do it, it’s wrong??
Teaching dem run cities a lesson by bussing illegals isn't turning out so well. Turns out it was an open door to this. The plan the whole time probably.
@ISIDEWITH5mos5MO
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@9HRJMZL5mos5MO
Immigrants should only be let in the US by legal means, nothing else.
@9HRHX7ZLibertarian5mos5MO
They shouldn't be on the plains to start with they should be deported
@VetoElandRepublican5mos5MO
These airlines are participating in human trafficking. Some of which includes trafficking of minors without proof of identification of who those minors belong to which could be kidnapping and child trafficking.
@9HRGSQN5mos5MO
Applying for citizenship should be a faster process but immigrants should not skirt by most things due to a lack of citizenship. Skipping TSA puts all of us at an increase risk for dangerous situations.
@9HRGMGYLibertarian5mos5MO
Immigrants are in need of screening more than any other group. They should not be exempt from a screening policy that our own citizens are subject to. However, the TSA is ineffective and should be abolished. Screening is done effectively by agencies such as the FBI and CIA, the TSA has yet to prove it has increased national security. Moreover, the TSA regularly fails inspections and has proven to be an ineffective agency and a money pit for tax dollars.
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