TSA shares passengers’ personal information with immigration enforcement, documents show
The May 2025 agreement contradicts sworn testimony from a TSA official who told Congress passenger data was not being sent to ICE for enforcement.

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Ariana covers the nation's capital for States Newsroom. Her areas of coverage include politics and policy, lobbying, elections and campaign finance. Before joining States Newsroom, Ariana covered public health and chemical policy on Capitol Hill for E&E News. As a Florida native, she's worked for the Miami Herald and her hometown paper, the Tampa Bay Times. Her work has also appeared in the Chicago Tribune and NPR. She is a graduate of the University of Florida.
The May 2025 agreement contradicts sworn testimony from a TSA official who told Congress passenger data was not being sent to ICE for enforcement.

Sen. Eric Schmitt blocked the bill, arguing TPS holders take American jobs, as ICE reportedly prepares to target Haitians this week despite State Department travel warnings.

USCIS estimates the rule could affect 444,000 pending applicants, while an immigration lawyers group warns it will worsen a 1.4 million case court backlog.

The policy shift follows fatal ICE shootings of two immigrants in Texas and Maine this month, part of 22 shootings and six deaths since Trump took office.

Trump overruled DHS's brief pause on traffic-stop enforcement, even as charges tied to at least five of the 22 shootings have since been dismissed.

The reversal came a day after DHS paused vehicle stops following fatal shootings in Texas and Maine, prompting protests from Mexico's and Colombia's presidents.

A healthcare union warns ending TPS could trigger a caregiver crisis, since over 50,000 Haitian nationals with the status work in nursing homes and hospitals.

The Trump DOJ is pursuing the death penalty across six of the 17 counts but told Judge Amit Mehta it cannot yet provide a timeline for proceedings.

The GAO report details $11.5 million wasted before any detainees arrived, a homicide with destroyed evidence, and warns a $38 billion warehouse expansion risks repeating every failure.

Labor unions and immigration advocacy groups won the case after arguing the blanket freeze harmed families and workers left unable to work or travel.

Four Republicans joined Democrats in a 215-208 vote, marking the strongest congressional rebuke of Trump's monthslong Iran war that has killed troops and thousands of civilians.

The reversal clears the way for a $70B immigration bill, but Senate Republicans remain divided on whether to proceed this week.

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