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applegrove

(118,492 posts)
Thu Feb 6, 2020, 12:25 AM Feb 2020

Homeland Security Suspends Global Entry for New Yorkers

Homeland Security Suspends Global Entry for New Yorkers

February 5, 2020 at 10:28 pm EST By Taegan Goddard 100 Comments

https://politicalwire.com/2020/02/05/homeland-security-suspends-global-entry-for-new-yorkers/

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Acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf told Fox News that DHS was immediately suspending Global Entry and several other Trusted Traveler Programs for all New York state residents — a dramatic move in response to the state’s recently enacted sanctuary “Green Light Law.”

The sweeping order came a day after President Trump, in his State of the Union address, condemned Democratic states and local governments that “release dangerous criminal aliens to prey upon the public,” and called on Congress to pass a law establishing civil liability for sanctuary cities.

Ron Brownstein: “As I’ve written before, Trump is a war time president for red America against blue America.”

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Homeland Security Suspends Global Entry for New Yorkers (Original Post) applegrove Feb 2020 OP
Can they do that? dhol82 Feb 2020 #1
What complete bulls**t! And why does the 'acting' director of DHS sinkingfeeling Feb 2020 #2

dhol82

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1. Can they do that?
Thu Feb 6, 2020, 12:28 AM
Feb 2020

I find it hard to believe that DHS can make US citizens from only certain states a suspect class.

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