Close the migrant flight loophole

Published May 7, 2024 11:11am ET



The only thing more frustrating than waiting in line to pass through security at an airport is watching migrants, without any valid form of identification, skip past you in a special migrant-only security line, as they are yet again given special treatment on the way to their final destination.

President Joe Biden’s decision to create this migrant-identification loophole is a threat to public safety and it needs to stop. That is why Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) is fighting for an amendment to this year’s Federal Aviation Administration Reauthorization Act that would ban any airline from operating in U.S. airspace if it applies one set of rules for those legally in the country and a separate set of rules for migrants.

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