Overview
- CBP revoked 17,291 Global Entry memberships in 2024, up 47% from 2023 and 144% since 2020.
- The increase in removals has outpaced enrollment growth percentage-wise, with memberships up about 83% over the same span.
- Many affected travelers learn of the loss through a brief status-change email that offers little or no explanation.
- Appeals have traction: 39% of ombudsman cases from 2020–2023 were reversed, and a Ninth Circuit ruling allows judicial review of DHS decisions.
- Revocations cite a wide range of triggers—from undeclared items or criminal convictions to suspected counterfeit shipments—yet remain a small fraction of roughly 13 million members.