"The Times reported on Friday that the Transportation Security Administration provides a list to ICE multiple times a week that includes air travelers who will be passing through airports. ICE officials can cross-reference people from the list to the agency's database of people subject to deportation, then find and arrest them when they arrive for their flights. This data sharing, which the Times says started in March, is part of the Trump administration's efforts to engage in a massive deportation campaign."
"While ICE hasn't released data on how many people have been arrested or deported due to the TSA's sharing of passenger manifests, the Times reported that it has led to several high-profile arrests, including that of Any Lucia Lopez Belloza, a 19-year-old college freshman who was arrested at a Boston airport on Nov. 20 and deported to Honduras. The Times found that an ICE office located near Laguna Beach called the Pacific Enforcement Response Center played a central role in Lopez Belloza's arrest."
The Transportation Security Administration provides lists of air travelers to Immigration and Customs Enforcement multiple times per week. ICE cross-references those lists with its deportation database and can locate, arrest, and detain people when they arrive for flights. The practice began in March and has contributed to multiple arrests, including the November arrest and deportation of Any Lucia Lopez Belloza, a 19-year-old college freshman. An ICE unit near Laguna Beach, the Pacific Enforcement Response Center, sent tips that helped coordinate arrests nationwide. Oakland airport officials said TSA does not share that information with them and directed inquiries to TSA.
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