Is the TSA checking immigration status?
Apr 26, 2009 | 9:35 pm
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Is the TSA checking immigration status?
If someone is on an overstay flying domestically with a valid foreign passport, is the TSA checking the immigration status?
EDIT: Hey, i am a US citizen! this was a theoretical question.
EDIT: Hey, i am a US citizen! this was a theoretical question.
Last edited by Mamo; Apr 26, 2009 at 10:16 pm
Apr 26, 2009 | 10:21 pm
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Apr 27, 2009 | 8:44 am
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Bad answer/Poor suggestion.
DL's have addresses. Passports typically do not. I don't care to share my address with anyone at a TSA station. It's not info they would ever need, unless it's to additionally harass (Kangaroo court letters), or to determine a good B&E target, so giving TSA something with that info can only be a losing proposition for me.
Paper clipping the no-need for access passport pages together tends to limit their fishing expeditions.
How pathetic have we become?
DL's have addresses. Passports typically do not. I don't care to share my address with anyone at a TSA station. It's not info they would ever need, unless it's to additionally harass (Kangaroo court letters), or to determine a good B&E target, so giving TSA something with that info can only be a losing proposition for me.
Paper clipping the no-need for access passport pages together tends to limit their fishing expeditions.
How pathetic have we become?
Apr 27, 2009 | 10:46 am
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I believe you are serious, but this statement always suggests "Can anyone help a new widow and recommend methods to remove blood from carpet and a hammer? This is a theoretical question, my late husband is NOT over there on the floor. . ." 
Apr 27, 2009 | 11:47 am
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Apr 27, 2009 | 1:10 pm
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The TSA has no way to verify immigration status. If someone gives the Travel Document Checker (TDC) an invalid or forged ID (suspected) of some kind then we will involve Law Enforcement, who may decide to check the immigration status of an individual. It is not TSAs call.
Apr 27, 2009 | 2:17 pm
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Apr 27, 2009 | 2:19 pm
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...did SFO get TSA, or do you mean Team SFO?