The TSA-ICE memorandum of agreement, released through American Oversight after a FOIA lawsuit, still contradicts the sworn congressional testimony about its scope and terms. No new July-31 operative record appeared — the contradiction inherits from July 30 and holds [1].

The MOA, signed in May 2025, establishes a formal framework for how TSA and ICE coordinate the sharing, storage, and management of passenger information. It expressly cites the Secure Flight Final Rule as its legal basis and states that TSA intends to share specified data elements with ICE, while ICE will store information received from TSA in its own repository [1].

The document raises questions about acting TSA Administrator Ha Nguyen McNeill's sworn testimony that TSA does not "send the information to ICE; we help ICE check against [TSA] information." The MOA appears to conflict with that characterization by establishing a formal data-sharing arrangement and outlining procedures for ICE to retain information obtained from TSA [1].

American Oversight Executive Director Chioma Chukwu called the agreement a revelation of "the formal partnership between TSA and ICE that the administration refused to explain to the public." The MOA's public release arrives as scrutiny of airport immigration arrests continues to grow, following incidents in Boston, Las Vegas, and Denver [1].

The contradiction remains unresolved. No court or committee action has addressed the gap between the MOA's terms and the testimony. The paper's July 30 position — that the released terms and the sworn statements are irreconcilable — holds through July 31.

-- SAMUEL CRANE, Washington