Rep. Matt Gaetz pressed the CEO of Delta Air Lines on whether or not it’s transporting unlawful immigrants from the U.S./Mexico border to the inside of the nation.
In a letter to Delta CEO Ed Bastion, Mr. Gaetz, Florida Republican, questioned whether or not the corporate was utilizing taxpayer cash funneled by nongovernmental organizations, or NGOs, to move an enormous variety of illegals.
“It has recently come to my attention that Delta Air Lines is transporting nonresident aliens from the southern border of the United States into the interior of the country,” Mr. Gaetz wrote. “The United States Congress has an interest in understanding pursuant to which arrangements with federal agencies and [NGOs] nonresident aliens are able to book and travel on Delta Air Lines flights.”
The lawmaker’s inquiry follows a viral publish from conservative commentator Ashley St. Clair, who accused the airline of transporting migrants from Arizona to New York City.
Mr. Gaetz stated it was “alarming” that taxpayer cash could possibly be footing the journey invoice for the migrants and located it much more stomach-curdling that the illegals “may not be properly vetted.”
“Therefore, I am concerned the Transportation Security Administration may be allowing nonresident aliens to board flights, including those operated by Delta Air Lines, with an alternate form of identification that meets a weaker standard than that used to verify the identities of American citizens when they fly,” he wrote.
The lawmaker requested that Delta disclose what number of migrants have been transported on behalf of governmental businesses and NGOs since January 2021, how NGOs reimburse or buy the airline tickets, whether or not the corporate has acquired reimbursements or incentives for transporting migrants, and whether or not the TSA has notified the corporate of the varieties of identification that may let illegals go by safety and fly.
“It is of the utmost importance and of great concern for national security that you are transparent in discussing these arrangements with Congress,” Mr. Gaetz wrote. “The American people and their elected representatives must be made aware of how the cooperation between federal agencies, NGOs and Delta Air Lines impacts our national security.”
Mr. Gaetz’s request comes as Texas Gov. Greg Abbott continues to bus and fly unlawful immigrants to Democratic-run cities like New York and Chicago to make a degree of the flood of migrants illegally crossing the U.S./Mexico border underneath President Biden.
Mr. Abbott, who had been busing migrants to Chicago, not too long ago upped the ante on his quest after the town enacted an ordinance to impound buses with out permits or that didn’t drop migrants off on the correct places.
He introduced this week plans to constitution a flight to ship illegals north.
“Sanctuary city Chicago started obstructing and targeting our busing mission,” Mr. Abbott wrote on X. “Texas will now expand our operation to include flights to Chicago.”
