TSA Clears Illegal Aliens to Work at NY Airport (illegal immigrants, law, Mexico)
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There is absolutely no excuse for this breach of security.
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In the latest of many shameful lapses, the federal agency in charge of securing the nation’s transportation system approved background checks for a dozen illegal immigrants working in sensitive areas of a busy U.S. airport.
The illegal aliens, from Central America and Mexico, worked in operational areas of Stewart International Airport, a 2,400-acre facility located about 60 miles north of New York City. Stewart is a major passenger airport for the state’s mid-Hudson region that also handles large quantities of cargo and serves as a military field.
The illegal aliens all had security badges approved by the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), the agency created after the 2001 terrorist attacks mainly to protect airlines. The TSA’s national background check failed to detect the fake Social Security numbers and other bogus documents provided by the illegal immigrants to obtain clearance.
another black eye for TSA but does demonstrate many of the "legal" workers in america are in fact not. live scan thumb pad-- scan everybody everywhere. its cheap available and already in use in limited phases in welfare and customs. it kills all fraud. when someone is convicted of a violent felony, chip them. you will wipe out crime and fraud.
I'm glad I don't have any flight plans any time soon.
No joke -- I cannot believe that the background checking process for such sensitive jobs are so lax. Or perhaps corrupted? Perhaps they don't want to tick off any ethnocentric lobbyist groups? It wouldn't surprise me one bit.
"That probe also found that workers who handle the cargo had not received the required background checks or training, further adding to the security crisis. Previous Inspector General probes have over the years revealed similar problems in the TSA’s dismal air cargo security system and exposed dozens of security failures in other crucial areas nationwide"
Was the e-verify system in place ? Was it even used ?
Wow. How do they even have the authority to do that? You're a supposed federal government agency and you are basically breaking the law by employing those who are not legally here to work.
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