The Department of Homeland Security said Wednesday that it would temporarily block New Yorkers from enrolling in the Trusted Traveler Programs, including Global Entry, which allow prescreened travelers to bypass lengthy lines at airports and border crossings. The change, which takes immediate effect, was made in response to New York’s so-called Green Light Law, federal officials said. As part of that measure, which allows undocumented residents to obtain driver’s licenses, immigration officials were barred from gaining access to the state’s Department of Motor Vehicles databases without a court order. [Trump Administration freezes Global Entry enrollment in New York over immigration law.] If New York amends the law to grant federal officials access to those records, enrollment would be restored, a Homeland Security official said.

Source: New York Times February 06, 2020 18:49 UTC