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WASHINGTON — A judge ordered the U.S. Department of Homeland Security on Wednesday to list "any and all inaccurate or misleading statements" the agency made as it attempted to justify banning New Yorkers from federal Trusted Travelers programs.The order comes after last week that it used false information as its rationale for excluding New York residents and agreed to allow New Yorkers back into those programs.Judge Jesse M. Furman noted that the court may conduct an independent investigation to determine whether it has been the victim of fraud.DHS had claimed in court no other state restricted access to its individual Department of Motor Vehicles records to the extent that New York did after passing its Green Light Law, which makes drivers licenses available to undocumented immigrants.But in a filing last week, DHS revealed that many other states imposed similar restrictions on that data.Furman ordered the federal agency to explain how each of its false statements was inaccurate; who was responsible for this information; and when its lawyers knew about it.The plaintiffs who challenged DHS's ban, New York Attorney General Letitia James and the New York Civil Liberties Union on behalf of a class of New Yorkers, are now negotiating with the agency for a possible settlement in which DHS would pay for their legal costs.Furman has not yet decided whether the case is "moot," leaving the door open for more court action.DHS has also not backed off the possibility of reinstating the ban under a new rationale. Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Chad Wolf said last week&nbsp; the agency remains "very concerned.""There are still parts of that law that prohibit the sharing of information with DHS for national security purposes," Wolf said. "In this post-9/11 environment, the department in part was created to tear down information-sharing silos, and what we see is New York putting those back upagain. ... We’ll continue to work with our Department of Justice colleagues to see what we can do, perhaps through the legal system, to address those concerns."The Trusted Traveler and Global Entry programs that were blocked for New York applicants in February allow pre-screened individuals to more swiftly pass through checkpoints at airports and borders. The popular TSA PreCheck program, which allows expedited screening at airports for passengers who have passed federal background checks, was not affected.

WASHINGTON — A judge ordered the U.S. Department of Homeland Security on Wednesday to list "any and all inaccurate or misleading statements" the agency made as it attempted to justify banning New Yorkers from federal Trusted Travelers programs.The order comes after last week that it used false information as its rationale for excluding New York residents and agreed to allow New Yorkers back into those programs.Judge Jesse M. Furman noted that the court may conduct an independent investigation to determine whether it has been the victim of fraud.DHS had claimed in court no other state...

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