Clear First Amendment violation.
Yes, we can add it to the masses of blatant 4A and 5A and 6A and 2A violations carried out by ICE.
They’re also robbing people as they kidnap them. They stole my (US citizen) friend’s heirloom jewelry when they grabbed her off the street and drove her to another state for speaking spanish in public.
Who is going to stop them? With what mechanism?
How bad is it to lose this "global entry"? I had to Google it and it appears to be a way to skip some queues in airports?
It's mostly just annoying (for now). If you travel a lot it can amount to a couple hours extra per trip if you're unlucky.
But the bad part is that it's extrajudicial punishment/retaliation for protected speech. She hasn't been accused of anything that she can mount a defense against, so why is the government retaliating against what is presumably legal behavior? It's presumably legal because she hasn't been indicted for anything or notified of a pending indictment.
If the justification ends up being that they've marked you as a "domestic terrorist" for exercising your first amendment rights then why are they letting you travel at all? Are they going to give you random secondary every time you travel? Will they let you move your money out of the country? Why would they? After all, you're now a terrorist (but apparently not worth arresting).
Unsurprising.
Plenty of examples of people losing/not getting Global Entry for:
- having a misdemeanor from 50 years ago
- having mail seized by the post office
- having the same name as a someone with a disqualifying record
- living in the same (I.e. same address) as someone who has a disqualifying record
- getting caught not declaring something at the border even though it was disposed of
My guess is that ICE face scans get added to a “related to immigration investigation” and it automatically revokes GE.
Good news is that the Ombudsman can resolve issues related to identity.
But for even the most minor infraction USCBP will remind you GE is a “privilege” and is given at the discretion of the government.
Orwellian.