Muslim-American Travelers Are Quietly Having Global Entry Privileges Revoked
Skift Take
While the public outcry may have died down while Americans await the Trump administration's next move, the recent travel ban may still be affecting U.S. citizens who are Muslim.
As the Trump administration gears up to issue a new executive order regulating international travel following the legal challenge to its initial travel restrictions, some Muslim travelers outside the seven countries targeted by the ban, including naturalized U.S. citizens and green card holders, are indicating that their Global Entry status has been revoked.
Immigration lawyers have told Mic that U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is revoking Global Entry status for their clients, and sources have told Skift the same.
According to Mic, lawyers are currently trying to decipher the pattern regarding the cancellation of Global Entry and TSA Precheck status for many Muslim-American travelers.
Skift's reporting backs up this pattern, and requests for comment from CBP were not immediately returned. Business travelers indicated to Skift that corporate visa vendors are alerti
