ICE is at U.S. airports: What to know if you’re travelling as a Canadian
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U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday that he would order federal immigration agents to airports to assist TSA. Canadians landing the U.S. should be prepared.
U.S. President Donald Trump’s plan to supplement Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers during the partial government shutdown began Monday at several U.S. airports.
While the rate at which Canadians are travelling south has dwindled in the last year, some experts say Canadians should be prepared for the “broad powers” that ICE officers have in the U.S. if they are transiting through U.S. airports right now.
“For Canadians, the rules haven’t really changed. Border officials still have very broad powers. I think what’s really a catching Canadians off guard a little bit isn’t the new rules, but the visibility of enforcement,” said Mario Bellissimo, founder and policy analyst at Toronto-based law firm Bellissimo Law Group PC.
On Monday morning, a handful of federal officers were seen by The Associated Press near busy lines at several airports, including:
Trump said on Sunday that he would order federal immigration agents to airports to assist TSA by guarding exit lanes or checking passenger IDs unless Democrats agreed to fund the Department of Homeland Security.
Funding for the department lapsed Feb. 14, as Democrats refused to fund ICE as well as Customs and Border Protection without changes to their operations in the wake of the deaths of Alex Pretti and Renee Good in Minneapolis.
Federal officers are a routine presence at international airports, where Customs and Border Protection officers screen arriving travelers and Homeland Security Investigations agents handle criminal cases tied to smuggling, trafficking and fraud. What’s unusual in the current moment is their visibility at TSA security checkpoints.
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