It's possible they're operating on a different...wavelength, for lack of a better word than our own portals do. That might also explain why Infiltrators can pass through them, but not through ours.
That, or perhaps the portals we generate are still in part under the control of the Trumps, and so are subject to their security measures.
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That, or perhaps the portals we generate are still in part under the control of the Trumps, and so are subject to their security measures.