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Re:DHS Suspends Global Entry, Trusted Traveler Programs for ... by supernova87a on Wednesday February 05, 2020 @11:34PM (#22253454)
Short summary -- because NY DMV is now required by state legislation to block DHS/ICE from accessing certain driver's license / ID records, the Global Entry / Trusted Traveler programs are being denied to new enrollments or renewals by NY residents based on lacking the withheld information. Also a blocking of used vehicle sales out of the US. Not familiar enough with the DHS/ICE procedures to know whether this is being done "by the book" or as a sort of discretionary retaliation for withholding personal data from being shared.
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Re:DHS Suspends Global Entry, Trusted Traveler Programs for ... by mattrp on Thursday February 06, 2020 @09:39AM (#22256255)
This Explaination should be at the top for the most complete version of events... however it is missing one critical detail that will connect the dots as to why new and renewal applications from my are denied: Cuomo just signed a law granting undocumented persons access to a drivers license. Add the complication that it will also not communicate with Ice.. I’m not commenting on this as right / wrong... just trying to bring clarity to why there is a dispute between ny and dhs.

Also fwiw, real Id info sharing does not end with the “drivers license info” it requires states to share a ton of info that has nothing to do at all with your driving record.

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Re:DHS Suspends Global Entry, Trusted Traveler Programs for ... by geofft on Friday February 07, 2020 @12:55AM (#22263560)
But the Global Entry process doesn't depend on asking the state DMV if you're a legal resident... they ask separately for those documents, e.g., a passport.
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Re:DHS Suspends Global Entry, Trusted Traveler Programs for ... by wyxuan on Wednesday February 05, 2020 @11:56PM (#22253532)
USCIS (or US Citizenship and Immigrations Services), and TSA are under the DHS, so I would imagine that it is important that they get that data.

OTOH, I do understand the concern that ICE could get the info under the pretense of being something for DHS though.

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