ALERT: Delta Air Lines Flight 1583 (SFO to JFK) Met by CPB Checking IDS of All Disembarking Passengers (February 23, 2017)

February 23, 2017

On Wednesday evening, Delta flight 1583 from San Francisco to JFK was met by Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents who checked the IDs of all passenger onboard.

According to the Gothamist:

The incident, which took place on Delta Flight 1583 from San Francisco, was atypical for both domestic flights—on which no identification is needed to exit the airport—and international flights, where identification is checked during a customs screening after deplaning.

Delta spokeswoman Elizabeth Wolf did not immediately comment on the incident.

According to a CBP spokesman, the agency “was contacted by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) yesterday, February 22, 2017, to assist in locating an individual possibly aboard Delta flight 1583 from San Francisco International Airport to JFK. This individual was ordered removed by an immigration judge.”

“To assist our law enforcement partners, two CBP officers requested identification from those on the flight in order to help identify the individual,” he added. “The individual was determined not to be on the flight.”

Earlier this week, the Department of Homeland Security issued guidelines for CBP and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to implement President Donald Trump’s immigration policy. The guidelines basically eliminate the concept of deportation priorities, leaving it up to ICE offices to decide who among the millions in the United States without a visa to go after.

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