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    IMMIGRATION                                                              APRIL 10, 2026    |  The Indian Eye 45

                The ICE presence at airports will  from TSA’s mission to maintain air-  administration  for  immigration  en-  pursuit of apprehending noncitizens
            result in more vulnerable noncitizens  port security.  While the stated pur-  forcement. President Trump’s post on  who are allegedly not in the US le-
            getting  caught  up  in  the  ever-ex-  pose  of  ICE  presence  at  airports  is  Truth Social has not helped to allay  gally. ICE agents have also shot and
            panding  dragnet  for  detention  and  to  facilitate  the  process  of  getting  fears as he said that agents would be  killed  Americans  Renee  Good  and
            removal. A person who is in removal  people through TSA lines, ICE is an  doing “security like no one has ever  Alex  Pretti,  who  were  protesting
            proceedings with a meritorious appli-  agency that was created with a differ-  seen before, including the immediate  against their activities.
            cation for relief such as cancellation  ent mandate, which is to identify po-  arrest  of  all  Illegal  Immigrants  who   ICE  presence  at  airports  is
            of removal may get detained without  tential immigrants who are not in the  have  come  into  our  Country,  with  bad news, which will further create
            bond if they encounter an ICE officer  country legally.             heavy  emphasis  on  those  from  So-  the  conditions  for  a  police  state  in
            at an airport if they initially entered   As a result of the ICE presence,  malia.” ICE agents have perpetrated  America!
            the country without inspection. Like-  people may be deterred from flying  abuses against American citizens by
            wise, one who has a pending adjust-  even  domestically  especially  those  breaking  down  doors  of  homes  and   *Kaitlyn Box is a Partner at Cyrus D.
            ment of status application, but whose  who have been targeted by the Trump  shattering the windscreen of cars in   Mehta & Partners PLLC.
            nonimmigrant  status  has  expired   ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
            could also be amenable to be placed
            in removal proceedings.           Cyrus D. Mehta, a graduate of Cambridge University and Columbia Law School, is the Managing Partner of Cyrus D. Mehta
                Even  if  the  initial  objective  is   & Partners PLLC in New York City. Mr. Mehta is a member of AILA’s Administrative Litigation Task Force; AILA’s EB-5 Com-
            for ICE agents to assist TSA officers   mittee; former chair of AILA’s Ethics Committee; special counsel on immigration matters to the Departmental Disciplinary
            during the shutdown, this policy will
            blur the line between airport security,  Committee, Appellate Division, First Department, New York; member of the ABA Commission on Immigration; board member
            which is paramount, and immigration   of Volunteers for Legal Services and board member of New York Immigration Coalition.  Mr. Mehta is the former chair of the
            enforcement that is not required at   Board of Trustees of the American Immigration Council and former chair of the Committee on Immigration and Nationality
            domestic  airports.  ICE  officers  may
            be  prone  to  questioning  the  immi-  Law of the New York City Bar Association. He is a frequent speaker and writer on various immigration-related issues, including
            gration status of passengers when the   on ethics, and is also an adjunct professor of law at Brooklyn Law School, where he teaches a course entitled Immigration and
            role of TSA is to ensure that those   Work.  Mr. Mehta received the AILA 2018 Edith Lowenstein Memorial Award for advancing the practice of immigration law
            boarding  planes  have  the  necessary
            identification documents.         and the AILA 2011 Michael Maggio Memorial Award for his outstanding efforts in providing pro bono representation in the
                Even  US  citizens  and  those  re-  immigration field. He has also received two AILA Presidential Commendations in 2010 and 2016.  Mr. Mehta is ranked among
            siding  in  the  US  lawfully  could  be   the most highly regarded lawyers in North America by Who’s Who Legal – Corporate Immigration Law 2019 and is also ranked
            suspected of being in the US illegal-
            ly,  resulting  in  needless  distractions  in Chambers USA and Chambers Global 2019 in immigration law, among other rankings.

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