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DHS cuts off New Yorkers from 'trusted traveler' programs

WASHINGTON – New York residents will be cut off from “trusted traveler” programs that speed up their reentry into the country, a senior Homeland Security official said Thursday, blaming a new state law that prohibits immigration agents from accessing motor vehicle records. Tens of thousands of New Yorkers will face the inconvenience of slower reentry because of a law that acting Department of Homeland Security Secretary Ken Cuccinelli said puts public safety at risk by preventing federal agents from quickly accessing vehicle and criminal records. “I know other states are looking at laws like this,” Cuccinelli said.

 

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