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Original Date Announced
December 12, 2025The New York Times reports that the Transportation Security Administration provides a list "multiple times a week" to ICE with the names of air travelers. ICE can then match this list against its own database of people with final removal orders and send agents to the airport to detain those individuals.
This partnership between ICE and TSA reportedly began in March 2025. It is unclear how many arrests have been made as a result of the collaboration, but a former ICE official said that 75% of the instances in that official’s region where names were flagged yielded arrest. Tricia McLaughlin, spokeswoman for DHS, stated "[t]he message to those in the country illegally is clear: The only reason you should be flying is to self-deport home."
Trump 2.0 [ID #2121]
2025.12.12 Reported: Immigration agents are using air passenger data for deportation effort - New York TimesEffective Date
December 12, 2025Subsequent Trump and Court Action
March 24, 20262026.03.24 Reported: T.S.A. Tipped Off ICE Agents Before Arrests at San Francisco Airport - New York Times
The New York Times reports that TSA officials told ICE that a mother and daughter with a removal order planned to fly domestically from San Francisco International Airport. ICE found the pair in the airport, then detained and deported them. TSA "is sharing with ICE officials the names and birth dates of travelers believed to have been ordered out of the country by a judge."
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Status: ReportedTrump Administration Action: Change in PracticeSubject Matter: EnforcementAgencies Affected: ICE
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