Flights for illegal immigrants without IDs targeted in FAA bill as deadline looms
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GOP senators are looking to include a measure in the FAA reauthorization bill to stop illegal immigrants from flying without proper identification.
Two Republican senators in particular have looked to address lax TSA standards for illegal immigrants who enter the U.S. and then fly throughout the country. Sens. Mike Lee, R-Utah, and Rick Scott, R-Fla., are pushing their VALID Act as an amendment, which would stop migrants from being able to use the Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) app as an acceptable form of identification to fly. Julia Johnson is a politics writer for Fox News Digital and Fox Business, leading coverage of the U.S. Senate. She was previously a politics reporter at the Washington Examiner.
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"Our own government is flying illegal immigrants across the nation without ID, while American citizens wouldn’t be able to board a plane without a driver's license or passport," Lee told Fox News Digital in a statement.