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'Democrats on the House Homeland Security Committee announced Saturday that they are launching an investigation into the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) after the agency dmitted to making inaccurate statements regarding its decision to bar New York residents from participating in the Trusted Traveler Program (TTP).
The TTP streamlines customer check-ins through security at airports and international borders.
Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.), chairman of the Homeland Security Committee, and Rep. Kathleen Rice (D-N.Y.), chairwoman of the border security subcommittee, sent a letter to acting DHS Secretary Chad Wolf and Deputy Executive Assistant Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) John Wagner requesting interviews and documents related to the statements they made in front of the committee and in court.
“The decision to exclude New York from Trusted Traveler programs always appeared to be political retribution and now we know it was,” Thompson and Rice said in a statement.
“It appears DHS officials made false statements to Congress – an intolerable turn of events for a Department charged with enforcing Federal law. Through our investigation, we will seek to understand why this happened and determine who is responsible,” they added.
DHS announced Thursday that it was restoring the TTP for New Yorkers "effective immediately" after New York state amended its "Green Light Law" in December that allowed undocumented immigrants to apply for driver's licenses. The law had initially barred DHS from accessing information from the Department of Motor Vehicles unless ordered by a judge.
DHS argued that the original law infringed on national security efforts and barred the state from accessing the TTP.
The state of New York promptly sued the Trump administration over the decision, arguing that New York residents were being unfairly singled out for political purposes, considering other states and cities including Washington, D.C., have similar laws.
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https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/509035-house-lawmakers-launch-probe-into-dhs-excluding-ny-from-trusted
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