Republican Bill Aims to Ban Illegal Immigrants Without ID From Boarding Flights

Published on April 12, 2024

House Homeland Security Committee chairman Mark Green (R-Tenn.) has unveiled a bill that would prohibit illegal immigrants from boarding commercial flights into and within the United States without valid identification. “Allowing illegal immigrants to abuse commercial airline travel is unacceptable,” Mr. Green said in a statement on April 11, in which he announced the draft House legislation, titled the “Verifying that all Aliens have Legitimate Identification Documents Act,” or the “VALID Act.” “While Americans must show proper identification to board their flights, illegal immigrants are not required to do so,” Mr. Green continued, adding that the measure is a direct challenge to the Biden administration’s decision to validate the U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s (CBP) One mobile app as an acceptable form of identification for air travel into and across the United States....

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