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The announcement comes after Biden promised 'not another foot'
of border wall construction during his campaign

Joe Biden previously admonished Donald Trump over the wall and
his immigration policies

Biden admin filling gaps in US-Mexico border wall despite 'not
another foot' campaign pledge

Border state governors like Greg Abbott and Doug Ducey continue
to bus migrants to DC

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has been busing illegal immigrants to the
nation's capital since May

The head of the Transportation Security Administration said on
Thursday that "under 1,000" illegal immigrants have been allowed
to board planes using warrants as identification this calendar
year -- as he faced a grilling on the matter from Sen. Josh
Hawley, R-Mo.

Hawley asked TSA Administrator David Pekoske at a Senate hearing
about a TSA policy that allows illegal immigrants to use
warrants, which represent civil immigration enforcement and are
not criminal arrest warrants, as an alternative form of
identification.

"How many individuals have presented TSA with arrest warrants or
deportation notices and been allowed to travel this calendar
year?" Hawley asked.

"Under 1,000 sir," Pekoske replied.

Hawley had written to Pekoske earlier this year about the
policy, which he called "unacceptable" but had not received a
response. Pekoske said he would be receiving one on Friday.

"For noncitizens and non-U.S. nationals who do not otherwise
have acceptable forms of ID for presentation at security
checkpoints, TSA may also accept certain DHS-issued forms,
including ICE Form I-200," a TSA spokesperson told Fox News
earlier this year. That refers to a civil immigration arrest
warrant.

The agency added that the document will then be validated via an
"alien identification number" that involves personally
identifiable information being checked against a number of
Customs and Border Protection (CBP) databases, including the CBP
One mobile application and TSA�s National Transportation Vetting
Center (NTVC).

On Thursday, Pekoske said that the presentation of a warrant
marked the beginning of a further verification process.

"These individuals who have these arrest warrants, these arrest
warrants were issued by Border Patrol or a customs officer, and
they serve as a beginning of our identity verification process
so you can't walk up to a checkpoint, wave that form and then go
right through into screening," he said.

While Pekoske said those use who warrants as ID also received
enhanced screening, Hawley asked if they were given an in-person
interview by a federal security director -- to which Pekoske
said they were only interviewed by officers present at the
checkpoint.

Hawley pushed the TSA chief on why he would allow illegal
immigrants with such a warrant onto a flight at all.

"We aren�t looking at whether a person is legal or illegal in
the country," he said. "Our role is to make sure that people who
may pose a risk to transportation that is significant enough to
require enhanced screening or to not allow them to fly."

"So your position is someone who is known to have violated the
laws of the United States does not thereby need enhanced
screening?" Hawley said.

"Sir, there are people who violate the laws of the United States
every day who fly," Pekoske responded. "We look for things
related to transportation security."

While Pekoske again stressed that the warrant is "the beginning
of an identity verification process that follows" Hawley was not
convinced.

"I think you�re going to have a hard time explaining to folks
who wait for all of this time in these lines, who subject
themselves voluntarily to the restrictions you impose�that
you�re allowing illegal aliens with warrants for arrest to get
on airplanes."

"I just find that totally extraordinary," he said.

Adam Shaw is a politics reporter for Fox News Digital, with a
focus on immigration. He can be reached at adam.shaw2@fox.com or
on Twitter: @AdamShawNY

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immigrants-allowed-board-planes-warrants-id