Airline workers reportedly decline to help US agents as Trump migrant crackdown accelerates
by Alexandra Villarreal in New York from World news | The Guardian on (#77GZK)
Expansion of immigration enforcement at US airports puts employees at odds with agents seeking 2,000 daily arrests
A dramatic increase in immigration enforcement at US airports has reportedly placed the airline industry at odds with the Trump administration as workers decline to help federal officials arrest their targets - many of whom have pending applications for visas, asylum or green cards.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) - both part of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) - have expanded their collaboration to make as many as three dozen daily arrests at US airports last month, the Wall Street Journal reported.
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