TSA could have access to E-Verify database?
 

According to this article, proposed changes to the current E-Verify system would allow DHS to have access and if that happens, it seems reasonable to believe that TSA would start using it.

Considering TSA's history, and if the error percentage is correct as stated in the article, I'm concerned that it's just another way for people to be improperly targeted when they fly.

Fortunately, it appears that there's enough opposition across the political spectrum that it won't happen.

And lead to more TSA interrogations....

And another "list of people" for DHS to screw up

If you are in one of the 21 states they allow self checks, everybody should go through the self check system to see what data e-verify currently has on you. If they roll it out to airports, you will at least know before you show up if there's an issue should you need to go through the system.

www.uscis.gov/EVerifySelfCheck

I'm a bit confused. This database is there to verify that you are eligible to work in the United States legally. What does that have to do with flying or security?

The data base returns a yes or a no based on social security and some other fields for prospective employers.

Nobody knows what else it contains, even the linked story mentions that some states have been entering all their drivers licenses into it for example, which has nothing to do with employment. There are people who believe if not checked it will expand to include biometric data, fingerprints, facial recognition, etc. It will become a one stop shop for just about anything needed to identify anybody.

The system is already run by DHS, so not sure there's anything new to that aspect of the story.

DHS is obsessed about identification of persons in the US. Eventually those who end up with an E-Verify SSA Tentative Non-Confirmation will be forced to contest their being blacklisted, even when the TNC'ed individual is a natural born citizen of the USA. TNC'ed individuals will have a much more difficult time flying if DHS gets its way as their ID will not be accepted by TSA the way a US passport or other US federal government approved ID would be accepted. That is the DHS pipe dream.

How do I know that self checking won't flag me as someone who may be worried about being ineligible to work in the US? :confused:

I don't trust this system any more than other DHS systems. No thank you. I will remain in the job I have and fight e-verify for use elsewhere. ;)