Migrants Lacking Passports Must Now Submit to Facial Recognition to Board Flights in US; TSA Now Requires Migrants with Insufficient IDs to Undergo Facial Recognition Check Before Flying

Migrants lacking passports must now submit to facial recognition to board flights in US:

The U.S. government has started requiring migrants without passports to submit to facial recognition technology to take domestic flights under a change that prompted confusion this week among immigrants and advocacy groups in Texas.

It is not clear exactly when the change took effect, but several migrants with flights out of South Texas on Tuesday told advocacy groups that they thought they were being turned away. The migrants included people who had used the government’s online appointment system to pursue their immigration cases. Advocates were also concerned about migrants who had crossed the U.S.-Mexico border illegally before being processed by Border Patrol agents and released to pursue their immigration cases.

The Transportation Security Administration told The Associated Press on Thursday that migrants without proper photo identification who want to board flights must submit to facial recognition technology to verify their identity using Department of Homeland Security records.

“If TSA cannot match their identity to DHS records, they will also be denied entry into the secure areas of the airport and will be denied boarding,” the agency said.

Agency officials did not say when TSA made the change, only that it was recent and not in response to a specific security threat. —>READ MORE HERE

TSA now requires migrants with insufficient IDs to undergo facial recognition check before flying:

The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is now requiring migrants who do not have sufficient ID to submit to facial recognition technology in order to board domestic flights — amid continued concern about screening from Republicans and others.

The agency told Fox News Digital in a statement that all adult travelers, “including noncitizens released after undergoing security vetting into the United States to await immigration proceedings, must present an acceptable form of ID to enter secure areas of an airport for onward travel.”

“If a noncitizen released after undergoing security vetting into the United States does not have an acceptable form of ID, they must submit to additional screening and facial recognition te

The agency says the procedure update was recent and not in response to a specific security threat. If such a person does not submit to the technology, or if TSA cannot match their identity to Department of Homeland Security records they will be denied boarding, the agency said. Individuals who also do not have a match with the CBP One app, used as an appointment and document upload system at the border and elsewhere, will also be denied access.

The Associated Press, which first reported on the change in policy, said that advocacy groups had been told that migrants were turned away in South Texas.

The issue of migrants boarding flights has been a regular source of controversy during the ongoing crisis at the southern border, where millions of migrants have been released or paroled into the U.S. —>READ MORE HERE

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