Watchdog releases TSA-ICE data-sharing agreement amid airport arrest scrutiny

American Oversight has released a redacted memorandum of agreement showing that TSA and ICE formalized passenger data sharing in May 2025, deepening scrutiny of immigration enforcement at U.S. airports. The document links the exchange to TSA’s Secure Flight framework and indicates ICE supplies information to flag people of interest while TSA is set to pass specified data elements back, with the annexes that define those fields still concealed. The release lands amid a wider enforcement push spanning airports nationwide, including activity at at least 14 facilities and operations at Bradley International Airport. It also sharpens the gap between the agreement and prior TSA testimony that it does not send information to ICE, while leaving privacy controls and storage rules unresolved.