An aviation industry clearinghouse is collecting data on air travelers from billions of flights — and selling it to Trump’s immigration enforcers.

A massive aviation industry clearinghouse that processes data for twelve billion passenger flights per year is selling that information to the Trump administration amid the White House’s new immigration crackdown, according to documents reviewed by the Lever.

The data — including “full flight itineraries, passenger name records, and financial details, which are otherwise difficult or impossible to obtain” for past and future flights — is fed into a secretive government intelligence operation called the Travel Intelligence Program and provided to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and other federal agencies, records reveal.

The company is jointly owned by nine major airlines, most of which are US-based: Delta, Southwest, United, American Airlines, Alaska Airlines, JetBlue, Air Canada, Lufthansa, and Air France. But more than two hundred airlines settle tickets through the ARC, giving the company unparalleled, comprehensive access to passenger data.

  • Oniononon@sopuli.xyzEnglish
    42·
    13 hours ago

    I now understand why “you have nothing to be scared of if you have nothing to hide” is a lukewarm iq take and nazi peopaganda.

    • Elvith Ma'for@feddit.orgEnglish
      20·
      12 hours ago

      The problem is not, that my actions are questionable, but that the judgement and intentions of the people analyzing them might be

      • WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish
        5·
        10 hours ago

        The problem is not whether my actions are questionable, but that you have no right to question or investigate my actions without evidence or just cause.

        and most importantly of all, you can’t guarantee that the state, its secret police, and the oligarchs who own them aren’t criminals and psychopaths; nor can you guarantee that they never will be.