CLICK TO READ FULL ABC REPORT New Yorkers Can’t Be ‘Trusted Travelers’ Due To ‘Green Light’ Law Ban Complicates Crossing Borders For Many WASHINGTON – New York residents will be cut off from “trusted traveler” programs that enable people to quickly return from outside the country because of the state’s new “Green Light” law that prevents immigration officials from accessing motor-vehicle records, ABC News and other outlets are reporting today. Tens of thousands of New Yorkers whose applications for the programs are pending or will have to renew their enrollment by the end of the year will have to undergo…
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