Testimony from the dhs regarding its decision to ban residents of new york state from trusted Traveler Programs like global entry. Like global entry. On february 5, senior ghs official chad wolfe wrote to new york officials to inform them of the ban, without notifying congress and the members of the new york state delegation who sit on this authorizing committee. Mr. Wolf cited new yorks green light law, a justification for the ban, stating that the law, quote, compromises cbps ability to confirm whether an individual applying for ttp membership meets Program Eligibility requirements. Mr. Wolf then stated, quote, because the act prevents dhs from accessing new york dmv records in order to determine whether a ttp applicant or reapplicant meets Program Eligibility requirements, new York Resident wills no longer be eligible to enroll or reenroll in cbps trusted Traveler Programs. After that announcement, this committee continued to receive inaccurate and misleading testimony that repeated
A House Homeland Security subcommittee is looking into the Homeland Security departments management of the trust and Traveler Program that expedites travel across u. S. Borders, such as, tsa pre and global entry. Some new york state residents have been banned from the programs due to state laws on sharing drivers license information with federal agencies. Will come to order. Without objection, the chair is authorized to declare the subcommittee in recess at any point. Good morning. We are convening today in our continued effort to understand why this Committee Received inact are the and misleading testimony inaccurate and misleading testimony from the dhs regarding its decision to ban residents of new york state from trusted Traveler Programs like global entry. On february 5, senior ghs official chad wolfe wrote to new york officials to inform them of the ban, without notifying congress and the members of the new york state delegation who sit on this authorizing committee. Mr. Wolf cit
We can then today in our continued effort to understand whyt this can be received inaccurate and misleading testimony from dhs regarding its decision to ban residents of new york state, trusted Traveler Programs, like global entry. On february 5th, senior dhs official chad wolf wrote to new york officials to inform them of the ban, without notifying congress and the members of the new york state delegation who sit on this authorizing committee. Mr. Wolf cited new yorks green light law as justification for the ban, stating that the law quote, compromises cbps ability to confirm whether an individual applying for ttp membership meets Program Eligibility requirements. Mr. Wolf then stated, quote, because the act prevents dhs from accessing new york dmv records in order to determine whether a ttp applicant or reapplicant meets Program Eligibility requirements, new york residents will no longer be eligible to enroll or reenroll in cbps trusted Traveler Programs. After that announcement, thi
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